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How Good is the 17 HMR
Posted: Mon Dec 06, 2010 7:01 pm
by MISSED
I know it has been done to death but here is photographic proof of the sheer Killing power of the 17 HMR.
- 17 HMR pig1.jpg (69.6 KiB) Viewed 671 times
Ammo used was Winchester supreme
Re: How Good is the 17 HMR
Posted: Mon Dec 06, 2010 7:09 pm
by cam_mackps2
Its not proof unless you have a witness or the recovered projectile
Well done. Did you slip the shot behind the ear?
Re: How Good is the 17 HMR
Posted: Mon Dec 06, 2010 7:27 pm
by MISSED
Re: How Good is the 17 HMR
Posted: Mon Dec 06, 2010 8:09 pm
by cam_mackps2
MISSED wrote:But I will say that it took more than 1 shot (2 CZ mags)...
10 shots???
Re: How Good is the 17 HMR
Posted: Mon Dec 06, 2010 10:07 pm
by fenring
Yeah, it's the do-it-all calibre alright.
Re: How Good is the 17 HMR
Posted: Tue Dec 07, 2010 7:17 am
by James270
MISSED wrote:Nah Cam I can not take the credit for the kill in fact James and I were about 20k away
Yeah, but if we jumped in the river I reckon we would have floated down there pretty quick
Re: How Good is the 17 HMR
Posted: Tue Dec 07, 2010 6:44 pm
by native hunter
G"day
Many a pig have fallen to the 22lr over the years.!!
Well done on the pig hunt, but no big deal on the calibre used.!!
Native
Re: How Good is the 17 HMR
Posted: Thu Dec 09, 2010 9:22 am
by fenring
It's funny, 'cos there are people out there who will swear that the HMR will bounce off a rabbit's rib or a crow's breastbone, or a fox's rib or skull.
I guess pigs must be easier to kill than any of those.
Re: How Good is the 17 HMR
Posted: Thu Dec 09, 2010 3:00 pm
by MISSED
fenring wrote:It's funny, 'cos there are people out there who will swear that the HMR will bounce off a rabbit's rib or a crow's breastbone, or a fox's rib or skull.
I guess pigs must be easier to kill than any of those.
Fenfing I have had 17 HMR projies slide up a foxes forehead and all it has done is knock him out but others have penetrated and and made"paste" heads.
Re: How Good is the 17 HMR
Posted: Thu Dec 09, 2010 6:19 pm
by fenring
I've yet to have one bounce off anything - except rocks or steel plate.
Re: How Good is the 17 HMR
Posted: Thu Dec 09, 2010 7:30 pm
by Jock
Haaaaaaaaa, the little Pill has done it again.
It is all about what is in your hand and the FPS, just does the rest.
Surely a .22WMR couldn't have brought it down.
Re: How Good is the 17 HMR
Posted: Thu Dec 09, 2010 8:01 pm
by kjd
Re: How Good is the 17 HMR
Posted: Sat Dec 11, 2010 8:25 pm
by Mickey
no grass no wind and i hope u keep the pork. xmas around the corner
Re: How Good is the 17 HMR
Posted: Sat Dec 11, 2010 9:57 pm
by fenring
20gr XTP behind the lughole at abut 20m.
Re: How Good is the 17 HMR
Posted: Sun Dec 19, 2010 9:31 am
by deadkelly
native hunter wrote:G"day
Many a pig have fallen to the 22lr over the years.!!
Well done on the pig hunt, but no big deal on the calibre used.!!
Native
well done i was gona say many pigs have been taken with the old 22 lr hahahaha