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Posted: 8/24/2001 10:53:02 AM EDT
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Quoted: I have a chance to purchase a Remington 700 in .17 Remington at an excellent price. What would I want a .17 Rem for? Please talk me into purchasing one. Excellent varmint round especially if you want to use the pelts after the kill due to bullet blowup inside the target. Surprisingly enough, the .17 is a fairly flat shooting round. Also with the velocity of this round and the design of most of the bullets the .17 is less of a ricochet risk than some other calibers. The .17 is capable of taking coyote sized varmints and will reduce a crow to a red mist and a pile of feathers. I don't reload yet but when I am capable equipment wise of rolling my own I will have a .17 for turning the inside of varmints into jello. Also the .17 Rem is based on the .223 case. If you already are loading .223 you will have brass onhand for the .17. |
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Posted: 8/24/2001 10:56:25 AM EDT
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It is the biggest POS remington ever made - Let me know where it is and I will handle this for you.
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Posted: 8/24/2001 12:39:02 PM EDT
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I want a .17 so bad I can taste it...
I am building my own .17 wildcat, if that gives you any idea. Buy it. |
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Posted: 8/24/2001 1:43:42 PM EDT
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Just to make it hurt worse,
I just read in August's Combat Handguns that Aguila ammo is now factory producing it. Launching a 20gr. projectile at 1850fps from a modified 10\22 with the same chamber pressure as a 22lr. And Aguila is offering conversion kit barrels chambered in .17 for both the 10\22 and the Ruger Standard. The Pistol conversion is Super Sharp looking with what looks like a Weaver rail on top. The 10\22 comes with a Carbon Fibered barrel. Since I have both in modified formats already, I Too am wondering where I can find the conversions and ammo. It sounds perfect for small pest control around the house. I have heard good things about their SSS round also. [;)] I say get it before I find out where it is. Del[:)] |
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Posted: 8/24/2001 4:51:04 PM EDT
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Delmarksman...that's not the 17 Remington. That's a new rimfire round you're thinking of. The .17 Rem is a .223 necked down to .17 caliber. I've always wanted one myself.
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Posted: 8/24/2001 4:59:43 PM EDT
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On the boards over at Coyote Gods, the prevailing opinion is that for calling in coyotes for pelts, the 17 Rem is the end-all be-all of cartridges. Low recoil, low noise, shoots accurately and flat as laser, or close enough, out to 150-200 yds, generally is found in small light weight quick handling arms, i.e. everything you need for a good yote round. Me, I'm going to try the 35-40 gr bullets in .223 Rem first, since I haven't experimented near enough yet ;)
nuk |
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Posted: 8/24/2001 5:04:04 PM EDT
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20 gr bullet running at 4300 ft/sec.
Varmint Death-Ray. |
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Posted: 8/24/2001 5:07:57 PM EDT
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AAAsssooo Thanks for the clarification. [:)]
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Posted: 8/24/2001 5:12:36 PM EDT
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Del did pique my interest though..
I just did some research on Aguila's site about the new .17 Rimfire... It is supposed to generate 1750 FPS.. But what I don't get is Aguila's Super Maximum .22 Rimfire is pretty much like that too! So why would anyone want to get a .17 with all new barrels when there is a .22 available that does the same thing? Both are going to be Aguila products, so I don't get their thinking with the new .17 rimfire... |
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Posted: 8/24/2001 5:22:31 PM EDT
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Sweet @ 100 yrds with no wind! |
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Posted: 8/25/2001 3:59:36 AM EDT
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have a 24" bull barrel in .17 Rem for my AR just waiting to be built into my next upper
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