.17 rem centrefire

triskell

Anyone out there with a s/h Remington 700 .17?

BELOWaverageIQ

http://www.saubier.com/smallcaliber/images/17calibers.jpg

I didn't realize there was such a thing till I just googled it, I thought all .17 were rimfire.
What is getting ammo for these like ?

ivanthehunter

Greylag has one for sale! PM him! I was looking at it but went with a different caliber in the end!

kay 9

Great fox round and apparently they are huge in the US for coyote shooting. That tells me if they are good enough for a yank that can get any calibre they want for said, that the .17 CF is a class round. Think Bunny shooter has/had one.

triskell

ivanthehunter wrote: »

Greylag has one for sale! PM him! I was looking at it but went with a different caliber in the end!

Thanks ivan i'll do that

triskell

kay 9 wrote: »

Great fox round and apparently they are huge in the US for coyote shooting. That tells me if they are good enough for a yank that can get any calibre they want for said, that the .17 CF is a class round. Think Bunny shooter has/had one.

It's my favorite for foxs it dose what i want, flattens like a hammer at realistic ranges and i have never had an exit hole it so light it just explodes in the fox. That's my no 1 nightmare where dose the bullet go after it hits the target.
Ammo is abit expensive €36 for 20

bunny shooter

kay 9 wrote: »

Great fox round and apparently they are huge in the US for coyote shooting. That tells me if they are good enough for a yank that can get any calibre they want for said, that the .17 CF is a class round. Think Bunny shooter has/had one.

I have had 2 in my time. Excellent round out to 200 yards but wind affects it terribly. As stated above no exit on foxes or rabbits. No ricochets ever as bullet disintegrates on impact with anything.

For a casual fox shooter it is an excellent calibre. And rifles are normally cheap to buy as it's lost a lot of popularity.

kakashka

bunny shooter wrote: »

I have had 2 in my time. Excellent round out to 200 yards but wind affects it terribly. As stated above no exit on foxes or rabbits. No ricochets ever as bullet disintegrates on impact with anything.

For a casual fox shooter it is an excellent calibre. And rifles are normally cheap to buy as it's lost a lot of popularity.

Any idea of barrel life bunny?? but with ammo prices as above i guess it wont be an issue

bunny shooter

Barrel life.................I have heard up to 2,500 which is half what you'd expect from a .223 :eek:

But on the other hand it is not a target rifle and 2,500 rounds at foxes/rabbits at €36 per 20 is gonna take a few years

It wasn't me!

bunny shooter wrote: »

Barrel life.................I have heard up to 2,500 which is half what you'd expect from a .223 :eek:

But on the other hand it is not a target rifle and 2,500 rounds at foxes/rabbits at €36 per 20 is gonna take a few years

2,500 seems generous for a bore that tight. That said, it's not a massive case. Would be interesting to see how long it'd take someone to shoot one out. I've had my .25-06 about a month and a half now and I've probably put a hundred and twenty rounds through it, maybe another box. It's fairly barrel hungry too, would think 2,500 is a generous estimate, and it's second hand too.

bunny shooter

This article states 2,000 rounds for a 17 Rem would be at least a minumum

http://www.cabelas.com/story-123/schoby_remington_17/10204/The%252B.17%252BRemington%25252C%252BA%252BUnique%252BCaliber.shtml

Easy enough to get cleaning supplies for .17 now more so than when I had one years ago

These guys have everyting you would want for cleaning eg rods, jogs and patches

https://www.sinclairintl.com/member_login

It wasn't me!

bunny shooter wrote: »

This article states 2,000 rounds for a 17 Rem would be at least a minumum

http://www.cabelas.com/story-123/schoby_remington_17/10204/The%252B.17%252BRemington%25252C%252BA%252BUnique%252BCaliber.shtml

Easy enought to get cleaning supplies for .17 now more so than when I had one years ago

Not too bad so. I'm paying more than €36 a box for my ammo, so going to have to go easy on it shortly. Lot of fun to punch paper with it though.

greylag

i have one for sale alright, i have it for the last 4 years and it still shooting perfect. very accurate, has simmons whitetail 3x10x50 scope on it. i have shot hundreds of foxes with it. never had any bother with zeroing this scope. pm me

triskell

pm sent

bunny shooter

That scope is a dinger DON'T sell it

I made that mistake

greylag

bunny shooter wrote: »

That scope is a dinger DON'T sell it

I made that mistake

i still have the scope and want to put it onto a mauser .243 but am having problems as the tube length is too short and it wont fit onto the mounts. the mounts cant come closer together than they are and this is where i have my problem. would love to get it to fit, can any one offer any ideas on how to get it to fit?

triskell

picked up greylag's .17 today Thanks lads

sako75 hunter

greylag wrote: »

i still have the scope and want to put it onto a mauser .243 but am having problems as the tube length is too short and it wont fit onto the mounts. the mounts cant come closer together than they are and this is where i have my problem. would love to get it to fit, can any one offer any ideas on how to get it to fit?

Not really sure if they will fit but have you looked at sako extended bases? Hope this helps.:)

greylag

sako75 hunter wrote: »

Not really sure if they will fit but have you looked at sako extended bases? Hope this helps.:)

the mounts on it are low parker hale mounts. i need a set of medium parker hale mounts. anyone got any ideas where i would get a set?