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I have just bought a CZ .17 hornet, varmint barrel and fitted a Pulsar 870 with rangefinder. Tried a few rounds and it looks v good out of the box. ASE ultra mod is light, effective and overall the tool is very accurate. My vermin shooting experience with it is zero but from the damage I have seen I would only use it for head shots on rabbits. As a foxing tool (even with varmint barrel), its light and perfect for just walking round with. Out to 200 yds I am hoping it will be as I expect on foxes. I have a good .22 Cf to back it up when needed. I find I see more avian vermin at distance on the ground than flying by in shotgun range - thats why I bought it.

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I have just bought a CZ .17 hornet, varmint barrel and fitted a Pulsar 870 with rangefinder. Tried a few rounds and it looks v good out of the box. ASE ultra mod is light, effective and overall the tool is very accurate. My vermin shooting experience with it is zero but from the damage I have seen I would only use it for head shots on rabbits. As a foxing tool (even with varmint barrel), its light and perfect for just walking round with. Out to 200 yds I am hoping it will be as I expect on foxes. I have a good .22 Cf to back it up when needed. I find I see more avian vermin at distance on the ground than flying by in shotgun range - thats why I bought it.

 

 

Chest shots will be fine on rabbits unless you want to eat or sell them. For foxes I am looking to work up a 25gr load using Hornady HPs, certainly unless you can get a steady head shot the 20gr Vmax is not good on chest shots on foxes.

 

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Chest shots will be fine on rabbits unless you want to eat or sell them. For foxes I am looking to work up a 25gr load using Hornady HPs, certainly unless you can get a steady head shot the 20gr Vmax is not good on chest shots on foxes.

 

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I'll cut the range then at first as well as practicing to ensure an accurate head shot. I wonder if there are 25 grain factory made rounds?

The .223 drops them dead - never had one survive the shot. Far too much gun for rabbits though.

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I'll cut the range then at first as well as practicing to ensure an accurate head shot. I wonder if there are 25 grain factory made rounds?

The .223 drops them dead - never had one survive the shot. Far too much gun for rabbits though.

 

You can never have to much gun !!!. Doubt there are any 25gr loads, its a bullet more suited to 17 Fireball ( M4) and 17 Rem.

 

There is a huge difference at point of impact between 17 Hornet propelling a 20gr pill and a 20 or 22 throwing twice the weight of bullet at a similar speed.

 

I shot a crow late this evening, bullet hit a bit low, it was a flapper and needed my terrier to do the honours before my lab would bring it back. Had that been a 39gr SBK it would have been dead as a tick.

 

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I'll cut the range then at first as well as practicing to ensure an accurate head shot. I wonder if there are 25 grain factory made rounds?

The .223 drops them dead - never had one survive the shot. Far too much gun for rabbits though.

There isn't a factory 25 gr load, only 20 vmax and a newer 15.5 gr NTX load that i don't think is available here.

 

Rick

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Just a note to the OP if you take note all the people knocking the 17 are people who don't have one , buy one and it will put a smile on your face all day long :)

I've read all the replies to my post. I intend to buy a .17 Hornet, although it won't be for a few months. Hoping to buy a new one, or a very good 2nd hand one.

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I was going for the hornet but I don't know now , can't make my mind up between 17 hornet or 17rem :hmm:

I originally planned to get a .17 remington, as this would be a far better calibre for longer range shooting. But, as there are no new rifles available in this calibre, and the fact that 2nd hand ones could have worn out barrels, I decided to go for the Hornet.

If I could pick up a cheap .17 Rem, I would be prepared to have a new barrel fitted to it, should the original barrel be worn.

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I originally planned to get a .17 remington, as this would be a far better calibre for longer range shooting. But, as there are no new rifles available in this calibre, and the fact that 2nd hand ones could have worn out barrels, I decided to go for the Hornet.

If I could pick up a cheap .17 Rem, I would be prepared to have a new barrel fitted to it, should the original barrel be worn.

i know where there is a tikka m595 with a pacnor barrel sat in a lads cabinet. he has only fired about 400 rounds down it. deadly accurate with 25 vmax. he has 223 and 243 tikka's also and there both scoped so the 17 rem is sat there doing nothing. i would love it myself.

 

im a massive fan with the 17 calibre. when i had a fireball and a 17 rem. there was no better then sititng on the bales on the farm picking off. rabbits. pigeons and crows. and foxes in the evening. low recoil and seeing the hits where superb.

 

i just havent got the dosh to have a number of rifles anymore.and the fact im not really doing much shooting. it would be a waste of a top rifle sat in the cabinet.

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the 17 is a superb little calibre. i would love another one. the fireball i had was very accurate. it jsut didnt feed from the mag. my own fault really as i had it built on a tikka m595 action. abit to big of a action really for this little case.

 

would be better off with a hw action. annie, or sako.a1. they feed the round superb.

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I originally planned to get a .17 remington, as this would be a far better calibre for longer range shooting. But, as there are no new rifles available in this calibre, and the fact that 2nd hand ones could have worn out barrels, I decided to go for the Hornet.

If I could pick up a cheap .17 Rem, I would be prepared to have a new barrel fitted to it, should the original barrel be worn.

 

Came across this, if the barrel was shot out it would be an excellent action for a rebarrel.

 

http://www.southcoastgunmakers.co.uk/store/p54/Tikka_M595_Master_Continental_.17_Rem_.html

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It won't actually be doing 4500- that is a serious stretch for a 17 Rem. If it had been run that hard I'd run away quickly. In reality, that is a bit of a marketing stretch by the seller. The 17 Rem is a 4k cartridge with 25gr bullets and ~4200 with 20's if you want to (though the 21" barrel on that one wouldn't help). For a nice shooting version, push the 25 V-max around 3900 or so and call it a day.

 

Also note that the parent case isn't a 222. It is the 222 Improved which is a bit bigger/longer.

 

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rick

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It won't actually be doing 4500- that is a serious stretch for a 17 Rem. If it had been run that hard I'd run away quickly. In reality, that is a bit of a marketing stretch by the seller. The 17 Rem is a 4k cartridge with 25gr bullets and ~4200 with 20's if you want to (though the 21" barrel on that one wouldn't help). For a nice shooting version, push the 25 V-max around 3900 or so and call it a day.

 

Also note that the parent case isn't a 222. It is the 222 Improved which is a bit bigger/longer.

 

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rick

There was a 222 magnum years ago!

 

It is not so much the speed but the heat build up from repeated shots.

 

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Came across this, if the barrel was shot out it would be an excellent action for a rebarrel.

 

http://www.southcoastgunmakers.co.uk/store/p54/Tikka_M595_Master_Continental_.17_Rem_.html

 

 

Synthetic stock for sale at £50 on the SD too......

http://www.thestalkingdirectory.co.uk/showthread.php/102628-Tikka-M595-synthetic-stock

 

I won't be selling my 595 .17Rem......ever. :) Just too much fun.

 

Cheers

 

Fizz

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