Thread: A Weihrauch in 17hmr

I have had a soft spot for the hmr for many years, aside from all the debates about .22lr being cheaper and a .223 leaving it the dust etc... it will always have a place in my safe. Not long after it hit the shores I bought a an anschutz 1517. very nice little gun but it was a bit of a problem child in its early years.



With some trigger work and a bedding job it grew up quickly and shot very well accounting for many pests over the following 7-8 years. But it was a small and very light little rifle and I often found myself wishing it had a little more heft.
Enter the full sized Weihrauch HW60 seen also as a Krico. I had a Weihrauch in .22 hornet a few years ago and it was a brilliant rifle although the caliber didn't appeal to me at all so I sold it to a good mate on a no life style block. So when i saw an Hw60 in the local shop for $1300( comes with a spare 4 shot mag as well) gun boredom took over and a deal with the anschutz was done.



The first few trips to the range where average while I fed it some hornady and cci vmax , most groups hovering around moa.The hornady was better putting 3 in a tight cluster but always throwing one out of 4. After a bit of settling down and some cci 17gr tnt things came right. The wind was an issue but as it dropped off the groups tightned up nicley finising with a nice little sub .5 moa. 4 shot

The 20gr cci where almost as good and shot to the same point at 50m and an inch low at 100. A slight lull in the wind gave a chance for a couple of quick 3 shot groups at 100yds to confirm zero that went .7 and better. Over all a swap I'm pretty happy with.