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Posted: 8/12/2007 3:48:22 PM EDT
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Ok guys, I dont know much about the .17 round or the guns that shoot them but today at the store I saw a Savage rifle in .17 bolt action, with stainless bull barrel (floating) on a laminated wood thumb through stock with scope rings already on it for a little less than $350! My father gave me a $500 gift card to this place and I got really atracted to it. Can anyone fill me in on how good these guns are? I do alot of varmit hunting and plinking at my ranch/farm. What would be some killing ranges with the gun on say a coyote, 200yds? 100yds? |
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With the right ammo they will easily shoot less than an inch at 100yds. http://home.houston.rr.com/mach1mustang/thumbhole%20004.JPG |
Hey, don't let anyone give you flak about calling it a sniper rifle. All you have to do is shoot some prairie dogs, record it all with a high-speed camera, publish a grainy slow-motion version of the video on youtube, and voila! Instant USMC sniper footage straight from Afghanistan! 
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Yea, I have seen that video floating around on the net. It's titled as killing doon coons but it's just prarie dogs  I may pick this gun up to add to my collection. I was glad to see that it shoots .6 inch groups at 100yds and travels at over 4,000 fps! That leaves me with $150-200 for a scope 
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17HMR shoots at 2550fps not 4,000fps. You are thinking of a different 17 round. |
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