bacchus180 Posted May 22, 2007 Report Share Posted May 22, 2007 just a curiousity really... as you can have .22lr semi's will there ever be a .17hmr semi.. ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rarms Posted May 22, 2007 Report Share Posted May 22, 2007 No they are illegal, you can only have .22 rimfire as a semi Available in the states etc... But not over here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tulkyuk Posted May 22, 2007 Report Share Posted May 22, 2007 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dunganick Posted May 22, 2007 Report Share Posted May 22, 2007 .22mag is the biggest, but its not a cheap thing to fead unfortunatly. On the upside they actually work reliably because the cartridge has enough power. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dazzyboi Posted May 22, 2007 Report Share Posted May 22, 2007 I wouldnt want a .17hmr semi auto... Id be skint as hell. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bacchus180 Posted May 22, 2007 Author Report Share Posted May 22, 2007 its interesting that the trend deems to be to encourage .17hmr over a .22lr from a safety point of view.. but not yet allow semi's.. maybe it will change Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dunganick Posted May 22, 2007 Report Share Posted May 22, 2007 its interesting that the trend deems to be to encourage .17hmr over a .22lr from a safety point of view.. but not yet allow semi's.. maybe it will change with the way firearms laws work there is a better chance of hell freezing over Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markbivvy Posted May 22, 2007 Report Share Posted May 22, 2007 there is a better chance of hell freezing over your not wrong nick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hellier0437 Posted May 22, 2007 Report Share Posted May 22, 2007 its interesting that the trend deems to be to encourage .17hmr over a .22lr from a safety point of view.. but not yet allow semi's.. maybe it will change i doubt it will ever change personally, can you really see the government taking restrictions away from shooters??? they seem to spend all their time trying to make things difficult Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bacchus180 Posted May 22, 2007 Author Report Share Posted May 22, 2007 you are all right.. how foolish of me to even consider such progressive thoughts.. :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
njc110381 Posted May 23, 2007 Report Share Posted May 23, 2007 When the law was passed, I think the only common low powered rimfire was a .22. They wanted the higher powered stuff restricted so worded the law to suit. By saying .22 rimfire, rather than .22 rimfire or smaller, they ruined things for the future. I guess they just didn't think about the law in that great a detail before they passed it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kip270 Posted May 23, 2007 Report Share Posted May 23, 2007 When the law was passed, I think the only common low powered rimfire was a .22. They wanted the higher powered stuff restricted so worded the law to suit. By saying .22 rimfire, rather than .22 rimfire or smaller, they ruined things for the future. I guess they just didn't think about the law in that great a detail before they passed it. Do they ever Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
njc110381 Posted May 23, 2007 Report Share Posted May 23, 2007 Not when it comes to guns. They go on (clueless) public opinion to get votes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dunganick Posted May 25, 2007 Report Share Posted May 25, 2007 the law surrounding firearms is full of mistakes and oddities, take the reason than .240 is the smallest deer legal callibre, a result of years of scientific testing and experianced stalkers opinions you may think, nope, someone to do with the law being passed (many moons ago) had a .240 rifle and wanted to still be able to use it for stalking. Or so the story goes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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