Thinking of ditching my 17HMR

[Bowland blades]

17 Hornet would be my shout. Great little cartridge. Granted you would be head shooting them

should be ok for a lot of jobs but the .22 version uses up to double the projectile mass

 

[ColinBr]

should be ok for a lot of jobs but the .22 version uses up to double the projectile mass

Either or will do. I'd just factor in which you could get factory ammo in locally if you don't want to reload.

 

[Bowland blades]

Either or will do. I'd just factor in which you could get factory ammo in locally if you don't want to reload.

I gey my Hornet cases and Powder from Henry Kranks Mail order mostly or if i want to brose i make a 30-40 min drive .

 

[ColinBr]

I gey my Hornet cases and Powder from Henry Kranks Mail order mostly or if i want to brose i make a 30-40 min drive .

Yup I got my bullets from Kranks for the 17.

 

[Bowland blades]

Im thinking about giving up with my .17hmr. Its lovely to shoot but constantly getting split cases and sometimes they end up getting stuck in the chamber and wont eject. What other calibres do similar job without these issues? Mostly for rabbits (without blowing them up)
Thankyou

The 22LR comes in a lot of different forms low power though to high power . Most of us will shoot rabbits with with subsonic or a high velocity but it its a big warren to search through . Sounds like you should clean the bore i and give it a little love and like some higher end stuff . Don't miss the bore and get a decent cleaning rod for the bore
I run a CZ that I picked up S/H i think i paid just over £100 years ago You don't need to spend say £250 But If your not good with gun maintaining in list someone who is
Blowing rabbits up is usually poor shooting , shoot them in the head it works up to 22Hornet and .223 Centre Fire and these have more double the power of any of the rimfire .
We all start someplace and we all had some form of mentoring , I wonder if another neat to you might help ? I am in The Forrest of Bowland Lancashire

 

[austin1999]

Thanks for all the replys. I have given the bore a good clean and inspected the bolt. It all seems ok so will give it another try. I have actually inspected the ammo i have and in the current box there is 15 ish with splits. Its a shame i bought them a while back or id of returned them. The 17 hornet does sound appealing so perhaps in the future i may give one a go.

 

[Smellydog]

Thanks for all the replys. I have given the bore a good clean and inspected the bolt. It all seems ok so will give it another try. I have actually inspected the ammo i have and in the current box there is 15 ish with splits. Its a shame i bought them a while back or id of returned them. The 17 hornet does sound appealing so perhaps in the future i may give one a go.

Pull one of the split case bullets. Tip the powder out. If it looks like flakes don't use the split ones. If it looks like dust, spherical it's the newer powder and it works regardless of the split case.