Recommendations for a new 17HMR

[Marccus]

As per title guys. 

What are my options for a new 17hmr to be used for vermin control?

What is everyone else using or used?  Any to avoid?

Thanks in advance

[billytheghillie]

There is only one you will need CZ452, 455 anything CZ will do the job.

[Ultrastu]

It is the go to gun in this cal and rightly so .

[Gerry78]

CZ For me great rifles

 

[racing snake]

I use an Anschutz 1517 (thumb hole). Lovely gun to use, ergonomically it fits like a glove and shoots very well. Only niggle is the safety catch could be better, but apart from that - no complaints.

[7daysinaweek]

Wholly agree, cz 452 or 455.

atb

7diaw

[Dekers]

There are no bad makes as such (but obviously some individual bad guns).

Just the same, for field work CZ ticks all the boxes for me!

Oh yes, and the Magtech semi at the bottom!

 

Edited November 19, 2017 by Dekers
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[Rimfireboy]

I’ve got a 452, the nickel one. It was 22” when I bought it, now 15”. Best thing I did and only lost 70fps at the muzzle and no loss of accuracy. I’ve looked at the 455’s, but I wouldn’t swap my 452 for one, they seem more built to a budget to me.

[Harry Callahan]

It's so boring...

Another vote here for the CZ.

 

452 Varmint in 20" is my one.

[Whitester]

I use the browning t bolt sporter. A better, quicker layout than the cz, no mag sticking out the bottom to get caught on anything.

 

they are light and small in the stock so maybe go for the varmint if you need a bit more bulk. The trigger also needs sorting but then again so does the cz but the t bolt is an easy/ free mod.

 

i've used the cz and it's great but the t bolt is far less clumbsey and an out and out hunter.

 

 

Edited November 19, 2017 by Whitester

[bumpy22]

savage 93r17btvs great bit of kit. had mine years tried a lot of the rest and this ones going nowhere

[Fisheruk]

I have had a Marlin VS, great gun.

[JRDS]

I have a 1517 TH HMR great rifles with a trigger up there with the best.

[Tedly47]

22 hours ago, racing snake said:

I use an Anschutz 1517 (thumb hole). Lovely gun to use, ergonomically it fits like a glove and shoots very well. Only niggle is the safety catch could be better, but apart from that - no complaints.

Awesome rifle.... Love mine wouldn't change it for any other hmr 

[oowee]

I have a Weihrauch rifle is great ammo is carp. I want to try a WSM as I am fed up of split cases sticking in the breach.

Anyone who has WSM pls pm me your thoughts.

[BRYAN3]

I have the Ruger stainless allweather(hardly used).  I love it apart from expensive and noisy.

I really should sell it and go back to cheap,quiet,bouncy .22

[rimmie]

Annie 1517 thumbhole for me as well, fantastic quality. 

 

[Pigeon Shredder.]

Glad to see a few different guns being mentioned, l'm a CZ man myself and have Americans in both .17 and .22, both modified to suit myself.

Good job Beretta don't make a .17 or we could have been inundated.

[barbel]

I have the 455 varmint t/hole very accurate went to our local 100m range just once when it was new to try it, another guy had the 452 ,he commented how accurate it was, my shooting mate has  a  weihrauch nice gun but no more accurate than mine but got a longer barrel, wont be getting rid of mine works well for me.

[psycho]

Annie here superb rifle good trigger..much better than a cz...however also alot more expensive ....

[Pigeon Shredder.]

9 minutes ago, psycho said:

Annie here superb rifle good trigger..much better than a cz...however also alot more expensive ....

Could l ask how much better you find the Annie, as my friend who has one states that the CZ bolt action is far superior.

Not knocking anyone/thing just interested in another opinion.

[psycho]

The annie bolt is very good once you have put 500 rounds through it..prior to that its very tight..its also easy for it to be knocked up in the field .in the up position the gun wont fire...the safety catch is well noisy ..so you have to push it forward slowly and under control as to not spook the quarry ..the trigger on the .17hmr is single stage rather than 2 stage on the .22lr but very predictable and superb like breaking glass..the barral is a match barral and very accurate. It is a heavy barral which maintains accuracy even when hot....the flush magazine which holds 4 rounds is superb in the way its held in..possitive spring pressure so cant fall out in the field...i have a 16 inch barrel fitted with an lei moderator which blends in cosmetically and you will always get a crack due to speed..the annie has a number of diffrant stocks from normal to thumbhole to delux...not to heavy  for all day carry and spares are freely available...its a great .17hmr rifle..the chamber is superb as it the mechanics..i have never had a misfire or a split round and i think its due to the tolerances being so good...would i buyanother in .17hmr..yes straight away ..without hesitation.would i buy one in .22lr..no ..i prefere my hw66 in that calibre

[Dekers]

1 hour ago, Pigeon Shredder. said:

Could l ask how much better you find the Annie, as my friend who has one states that the CZ bolt action is far superior.

Not knocking anyone/thing just interested in another opinion.

The CZ is just as accurate, just as reliable and just as repeatable as an Anschutz for field work.    The trigger isn't quite as good but around £12 worth of trigger kit more than addresses that.  So in all the practical areas there isn't any difference.

The Anschutz has a great reputation, is well built and some may say it is more aesthetically pleasing, if you feel inclined to pay the extra that costs feel free, but it isn't better in any real world meaningful way in the field!

I love Anschutz and I have a lot of experience with them from the early 1970's right up to date, but I have no need for one in the field!  My CZ's do everything I could ask for!

ATB! 

 

[Rimfireboy]

13 hours ago, Pigeon Shredder. said:

Could l ask how much better you find the Annie, as my friend who has one states that the CZ bolt action is far superior.

Not knocking anyone/thing just interested in another opinion.

I’ve got both,but wouldn’t agree with that opinion at all.

[wymberley]

12 hours ago, psycho said:

The annie bolt is very good once you have put 500 rounds through it..prior to that its very tight..its also easy for it to be knocked up in the field .in the up position the gun wont fire...the safety catch is well noisy ..so you have to push it forward slowly and under control as to not spook the quarry ..the trigger on the .17hmr is single stage rather than 2 stage on the .22lr but very predictable and superb like breaking glass..the barral is a match barral and very accurate. It is a heavy barral which maintains accuracy even when hot....the flush magazine which holds 4 rounds is superb in the way its held in..possitive spring pressure so cant fall out in the field...i have a 16 inch barrel fitted with an lei moderator which blends in cosmetically and you will always get a crack due to speed..the annie has a number of diffrant stocks from normal to thumbhole to delux...not to heavy  for all day carry and spares are freely available...its a great .17hmr rifle..the chamber is superb as it the mechanics..i have never had a misfire or a split round and i think its due to the tolerances being so good...would i buyanother in .17hmr..yes straight away ..without hesitation.would i buy one in .22lr..no ..i prefere my hw66 in that calibre

+1

Except that whereas the HW is also a very nice rifle, I do prefer the Anschutz in 22LR. This might just be because the HMR is fitted with the same trigger unit as the LR and it's very easy to match the trigger pulls.