Thread: Show us your Varmint rifles

Yea thats what i reckon 2! a 10/22 with lots of sh1t hanging off it attempting to be an AR.... cut the crap already and just Buy a REAL AR if your going down that track lol!

the HMR will always have a place in my heart,shot my first possum,rabbit etc with it and one cannot deny how deadly effective it is, provided one shoots within its limitations both realistically and ethically its a fantastic little round that I'd buy in a heartbeat time and again.
I've found it kills quicker than my 22mag,just when its windy my 22mag is trumps in that department.....
aside from that go and buy one,their rediculously accurate, the old 917 that we've got is a $500 rifle with a synthetic stock and blued barrel etc, it shoots quater of an inch at 100 with a gw supressor!

NOT BAD AYE!

Rock River, do you check your 17hmr ammo for concentricity? I used to have to and used the wobbly/ out of true ammo for close shots. The straight ammo grouped fantastic at 100yrds, longest Rabbit kill is 338yrds at a Matapiro vineyard I frequent.

Rem 17 HMR 504T LS HB


Or I use my 1955 BSA Century with a 17cal sleeve in it, chambered in HM2, longest shot so far is a hare @ 175yrds.


The early HM2 ammo had the occasional crack around the case head which gave you a hell of a fright when you touched the trigger, the later batches are great and i havnt seen a cracked case in years.

I do like the 17HMR and since CZ make a lefty I have a couple, one is going to be rebarreled as a 22WMR since CZ don't make a lefty in 22WMR.

The link to Bulberry's website about the 17HMR velocities is quite interesting but does anyone notice that the 22" velocity is less than the 21" velocity, and only 2fps faster on average than the 20" and the 21" velocity is greater than the 20" velocity. Another thing I noticed was that the 22", 21", 20" & 19" all have extreme spreads of between 66 and 103 yet when you cut that 19" barrel down to 18" the extreme spread drops to around 40fps, which should mean better accuracy. Perhaps more than 5 shots need to be done at each barrel length.

Vietnamcam I shortened a JW15 down to 17" the rifle was for my nephew and the bore was nowhere near centred where I cut it off, still grouped under 1" at 50yds. The nephew was extremely happy to have a rifle sized for him.

7mmSAUM that BSA looks rather nice do you have a full side on shot of it?............Kiwi

Kiwishooter, I don't think I have a side pic of the BSA, when I'm next out for a bunny or two I will take the camera.

This is what I am running ror scaring the rabbits. It is a Rem X R 100 set up as a 20 VarTarg. I found the origional thumbhole stock to be overly heavy and made for difficult carry on a three or four walk in some of the rabbit country I was - am shooting.



I got a piece or nice light quarter sawn from Brian at NZ Walnut and cobbled another stock together for it that saved me a pound and a half in weight and made it much easier carry. Changed scopes as well to the Monarch at the same time.



Tried a home made butt-pod for a while but can no longer get down prone so shooting is done from standing over a set of Bog-Pod three legged sticks so now shoot mainly inside 200yds in which case the reduced load at 2800fps is just the ticket.



Von Gruff.