Thread: new caliber

Originally Posted by Beetroot

Any idea how much it is to reload for?
I assume you have a Savage model 25 thingy, whats the weight of it like?

How much better is it than the 17hmr? Whats the cost of factory ammo?

Hi beetroot,
How much better than the HMR, well heaps in performance, and if you reload about the same cost to load for, I recon I am reloading for less than the cost of HMR, unless I buy a brick of HMR on special, bearing in mind I already had the powder for small bore shotgun and buy projectials in Canada for about 1/2 the cost here.
Yep its a savage walking varmint, its a good shooter, but due to other problems I can not recommend one, stiff bolt, poor ejection, jamming and binding when loading, and to top it of the scope mounts are off center, so far I had to buy windage adjustable mounts, to get it on target. About seven Lbs for weight.
I had a CZ American on order and decided to try the savage as the local firearms store had several, last savage I ever buy.
Ammo in Canada runs about $20-25 Cad depending on store.
If you get the chance to have a go with the .17 hornet you will want one, its buy far the most fun small cal firearm I own, for the record I have (.17hrm, .22 ,.22mag, .204, .222,.223 and .22-250)
I should have the CZ .17 hornet, back here buy Feb/March,