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Offline Misterjake23

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Re: .17 Hornet
« Reply #90 on: February 18, 2016, 04:21:46 AM »
That's why I take head shots with my 17 Hornet.  Using the Tri X shooting rest and with the tight groups I shoot with my 17,  I don't think twice about taking a head shot.
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Re: .17 Hornet
« Reply #91 on: February 18, 2016, 08:16:00 AM »
 :( :( :( First loading wasn't pretty, hafta play a little more  :-\ :-\ :-\ :-\ :-\
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Re: .17 Hornet
« Reply #92 on: February 19, 2016, 09:56:58 AM »
Goose are you loading a 17 or a 22 Hornet?... with a 40gr bullet, I'd think it was a 22, go to 12 or 12½gr and see how that shoots, work your way up from there...
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« Reply #93 on: February 19, 2016, 11:47:14 AM »
22 and this past load was 10.3gr...
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Re: .17 Hornet
« Reply #94 on: February 22, 2016, 01:10:29 AM »
yeah just bump it up to 12gr and go from there...
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Re: .17 Hornet
« Reply #95 on: February 22, 2016, 09:37:33 AM »
 :( :( :( It's suppose to rain the next couple of days  :P :P :P :P so I'll roll some and wait for better weather  8) 8) 8) 8) 8)
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Re: .17 Hornet
« Reply #96 on: February 22, 2016, 10:47:37 AM »
This isn't the 22 hornet or weather thread.  Please stay on topic! ;D ;D ;D ;D
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Re: .17 Hornet
« Reply #97 on: February 22, 2016, 11:32:50 AM »
Quote from: Lookn4Fur on February 22, 2016, 10:47:37 AM
This isn't the 22 hornet or weather thread.  Please stay on topic! ;D ;D ;D ;D

Yes please stay on topic, I got chastised for not staying on topic and even had a post removed.  I will report this to the off topic police.  By the way I killed this bobcat at 736.7 yards with my 17 bucking a 35 mph east to west wind and I held dead on.  Can't beat a 17, HMR that is.  Suppose to hit 80 today. 

 
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Re: .17 Hornet
« Reply #98 on: February 22, 2016, 11:48:30 AM »
CoyoteJohn that's a decent shot for most. But if you learn your windage and your elevation you can even go further. The longest shot I ever made was on a cotton tail rabbit. I just happen to have had to bullets soaked in salt for 3 days. I don't have a range finder to read how far it was, but it took me long enough to get there that the salt soaked bullet kept the meat fresh until I walked over to it. So yeah you should learn to use your turrent and windage knobs out past 800 yards. The 17 HMR is a man's caliber in the right hands.
Just trying to keep this post on track. I don't want to be accused of hijacking anyone's post.
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« Reply #99 on: February 22, 2016, 12:03:33 PM »
 ;) ;) ;) CJ a fine looking kittycat...Lookin4anexcuse didn't get a kitty this year with a his new 17 Hornet or a 375H&H either, so it appears that someone is jealous  :o :o :o :o :o :o just sayin  ::) ::) ::) ::) ::) ::)
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Re: .17 Hornet
« Reply #100 on: February 22, 2016, 12:14:49 PM »
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Re: .17 Hornet
« Reply #101 on: February 24, 2016, 04:58:36 PM »
My partner for the past umpteen years took this guy with his .17 Hornet at about 35 yards.  I never seen him coming in nor did I see him fall but my buddy said he fell like a ton of bricks.

 

Was not a fur friendly shot.  About the size of a softball. 

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« Reply #102 on: February 24, 2016, 05:25:07 PM »
 :( :( :( CJ posted "Was not a fur friendly shot.  About the size of a softball. " I hope you guys are paying attention to the 17 Hornet  ??? ??? ??? ??? ??? ???
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« Reply #103 on: February 25, 2016, 03:19:26 PM »
I have yet to reload the 17 Hornet for my Encore barrel... Most of my shots are at the 100 yard mark using the Hornady 20 grain factory VMAX... I do rip the red fox if I hit them on the lower part or the torso.. Kills them dead that's for sure. however at  100 yards using factory if red are shot in head, mouth, chest, sure above shoulder i'm still getting what someone gets for trapping a red fox..
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