17HMR or 22LR

[Paul the hunter 0]

wonder in what is better as an all round rifle

[richmcgin 32]

22lr for me as an all rounder, great for rabbits out to 150 yards ok on foxes to 50/60 yards and cheap ammo. the .17 is too harsh on bunnies unless you head shoot them and not enough for foxes past yards (my opinion) expensive ammo.

[Paul the hunter 0]

thanks, my mate has a 17 and says its great for long range but the cartridges are to expensive

[richmcgin 32]

Yeah i got one too i only keep hold of it cause i keep thinking that one day i will find a use for it.

 

[Ian Jessup 2]

17hmr only work out at 22p each not a lot is it lol

[The Duncan 802]

hmr 20p a pop at northampton gun.

Regarding which is best, it's horses for course.

 

Despite some fanciful claims across the net, realistically the .22lr is a shorter range tool, great for really quiet bunny bopping with subs, say 50 to 75 yards for most half decent mortals.

The .17 is fantastic on crows, magpies and other wary quarry for much longer ranges, say 75 to 200 yards (much further for some) and is fab for shooting down the length of hedgerows.

It is noisy though and isn't much use around buildings such as farms because it can be quite intrusive.

 

If I could only have one, it would be the .22 as it is useful for more of the time, but I'm glad I have both as there are times when the .22 just doesn't have the range.

 

Cheers

Duncan.

[richmcgin 32]

come on dunc anyone can shoot rabbits with a 22 far past 75 yards, and who seriously shoots rabbits at 200yards. but like you say horses for coarses

[The one 8,470]

The .17 might have the range but im sure i read the wind affected it more than .22

[bruno22rf 3]

Duncans got the hump with his hummer at the mo cos I pulled off a longer shot with it than him-mind you he can normally beat my .22 rimmie with rolled up spit balls thru a Bic pen.

[richmcgin 32]

well on paper the 17 is better than 22 in the wind, in reality your right

[The Duncan 802]

come on dunc anyone can shoot rabbits with a 22 far past 75 yards, and who seriously shoots rabbits at 200yards. but like you say horses for coarses

Can't say as I agree with you on 2 out of 3 points rich, such is lifes rich pageant

[The Duncan 802]

Which do you prefer Chris?

[bruno22rf 3]

Not a fair question for a simpleton loike me-i likes whichever one has the biggest bang!

[The Duncan 802]

[richmcgin 32]

which 2 dunc, wind deflection will be one and i would give you that as i dont use mine so you will have far more experience than me but not sure which would be the other point.