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For small game rabbits hares etc, then the HMR has enough power. Compared to the Hornet or at least the ones I have owned it will eat them for accuracy. I have 2 HMR's (Savage and Marlin) in my gun...

I shot a Marlin recently and it was capable of going under 0.5 MOA best 3 shot group was .31

The BC of the 30 grain Vmax is around .095, so blunt as a brick essentially. If 150 is your self imposed limit then sure 22mag is an option but when it comes to shots past 150 HMR is a much better...

For small game shooting its the 17HMR hands down. I have shot more HMR's and Magnums than I can remember and the HMR wins on Wind drift, its far less affected by wind than the 22 mag. At 150 yards in...