I don't mean to offend anybody here, But I picked up a .17 rimfire at the local pawn shop, kept it about a week before I went back and traded it for a Ruger 10/22. I tried the V-max, and another brand of .17's I don't remember now, but wasn't at all impressed with that round! I feel the bullet is just too small to buck the slightest breeze. For the price of the ammo, I don't feel it's any better than a .22 rifle using CCI Stingers. the second day I took it out, there was a wind blowing, gusts up to about 20 MPH, and shooting at 100 yards, I couldn't come within 4" of the x ring, that's when I decided to trade it in! I've talked to a lot of guys that love that round, and maybe I just got disgusted with it too quick. Anyway, I'll stick to the .22 LR for my rimfire choice.

A few years ago I was loading 22/250's for a friend that had a sheep herd. And a guy in a gunshop talked him into buying a .17 Remington. I was loading his .17 Remingtons for him also, and he made some long shots on coyotes, he said out about 300 yards, (I'd have to see that) But anyway, he complained that sometimes he would take a shot at a coyote and seems the bullet never got there. I was loading him 25 grain Hornadays at about 3900 FPS, And after talking to a guy that did a lot of shooting with the .17 Rem. he said lots of times you will hit a bug in the air and the bullet will explode and never get to the target. I relayed that to the friend and he figured thats was was happening to his missing shots. He went back to his 22/250 and missed fewer coyotes. He later bought an AR-15 for his truck gun, but camplained that it didn't have the range the 22/250 did! That sort of cured me from wanting a .17 Rem.
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