22mag vs. 17hmr - The Firearms Forum

hoodedmonk · 06-04-2012, 09:36 PM

Witch would you choose for all things breathing! from alvin and the chipmonks to Al quida! I know there are better choices but these are your options witch one and why? use your Imagination!

hoodedmonk · 06-04-2012, 09:38 PM

I'm gonna buy one...... all hell! probably both, but convince me anyway!

76Highboy · 06-04-2012, 09:56 PM

I have never shot a .17HMR, but I will end up with one. Just think how bad you will look with one in each hand laughing at Al Q,,,, whoops sorry, I meant whistle pigs. My bad.

hoodedmonk · 06-04-2012, 10:00 PM

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Originally Posted by 76Highboy

I have never shot a .17HMR, but I will end up with one. Just think how bad you will look with one in each hand laughing at Al Q,,,, whoops sorry, I meant whistle pigs. My bad.

Lol! Yeah! .................

76Highboy · 06-04-2012, 10:02 PM

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Originally Posted by hoodedmonk

Lol! Yeah! .................

Ya, those poor a,,a,,, whistle pigs sure are a bother. They need a little thinning,,, and a little slappin around,,, and a real butt ki,,,,, oops, sorry. Poor whistle pigs.

ponycar17 · 06-04-2012, 10:04 PM

For squirrels and other small game, the .17 HMR is awesome! It does however have its problems. The round with ballistic tipped ammo is EXTREMELY explosive. I have shot it into a chicken egg and it fully expanded and fractured into shrapnel before exiting. That's not acceptable for larger game. The .17 HMR soft point and milder hollow points may penetrate a bit more but I'm not sure how much more... For that reason, a .17 HMR is a novelty to me but I'd have to choose a .22 WMR for any kind of defense greater than the rodent kind.

jack404 · 06-04-2012, 10:05 PM

i've gone back to .22 WMR after few years with the .17 variants

.17 tear things up too much under 100 and a lot of my shooting is half that for fur's

while i do head shot nearly every time i dont want scraps on the head , it can add 10% maybe 15% to a furs price if the scalp (and depending on the fur , the ears) are good

17 explodes a bunnys bonce , wmr no ,

can blow a fox skull so it tears too

for killing its fine , but they do a lot of damage to small game if you want it for fur or food

hoodedmonk · 06-04-2012, 10:07 PM

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Originally Posted by ponycar17

For squirrels and other small game, the .17 HMR is awesome! It does however have its problems. The round with ballistic tipped ammo is EXTREMELY explosive. I have shot it into a chicken egg and it fully expanded and fractured into shrapnel before exiting. That's not acceptable for larger game. The .17 HMR soft point and milder hollow points may penetrate a bit more but I'm not sure how much more... For that reason, a .17 HMR is a novelty to me but I'd have to choose a .22 WMR for any kind of defense greater than the rodent kind.

Thanks for the post bro! So for Rats and Al Quida the 17hmr! and for men and anything else the 22mag right.....?

ponycar17 · 06-04-2012, 10:10 PM

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Originally Posted by hoodedmonk

Thanks for the post bro! So for Rats and Al Quida the 17hmr! and for men and anything else the 22mag right.....?

No, Al Qaeda isn't even thin enough to cause serious damage with the .17 HMR...

Of course, I wouldn't recommend going after them unless you're wearing a government issued BDU anyway... Seriously..

hoodedmonk · 06-04-2012, 10:11 PM

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Originally Posted by ponycar17

No, Al Qaeda isn't even thin enough to cause serious damage with the .17 HMR...

Air soft?

time2shoot · 06-05-2012, 12:41 AM

CZ 455 american you con have both. with one rifle

carver · 06-05-2012, 12:45 AM

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Originally Posted by jack404

i've gone back to .22 WMR after few years with the .17 variants

.17 tear things up too much under 100 and a lot of my shooting is half that for fur's

while i do head shot nearly every time i dont want scraps on the head , it can add 10% maybe 15% to a furs price if the scalp (and depending on the fur , the ears) are good

17 explodes a bunnys bonce , wmr no ,

can blow a fox skull so it tears too

for killing its fine , but they do a lot of damage to small game if you want it for fur or food

That is just about what I suspected! 17 wouldn't work as a squirrel gun, nothing left to eat!

jack404 · 06-05-2012, 12:50 AM

hit it between the eye's and the body would be fine

no head i'll wager or not much

i ate a lot of bunnies i beheaded with a rem .17 HM2 i traded

carver · 06-05-2012, 01:01 AM

Jack, here in my part of the U.S. we eat the heads of the squirrels too!

jack404 · 06-05-2012, 01:03 AM

bummer , stick with .22's

wv hillbilly · 06-05-2012, 06:00 AM

i have never shot a .17, but i heard they can be led a stray by wind or even a leaf. a 22 mag will bring down a deer and take small game quite well, so if i had to choose only one it would be the 22 mag

06-04-2012, 09:36 PM	#1
hoodedmonk V.I.P. Member Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Carson WA. Posts: 105	22mag vs. 17hmr Witch would you choose for all things breathing! from alvin and the chipmonks to Al quida! I know there are better choices but these are your options witch one and why? use your Imagination! -->

06-04-2012, 09:38 PM	#2
hoodedmonk V.I.P. Member Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Carson WA. Posts: 105	Re: 22mag vs. 17hmr I'm gonna buy one...... all hell! probably both, but convince me anyway!

06-04-2012, 09:56 PM	#3
76Highboy Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Meridian, Idaho Contributor Posts: 6,955	Re: 22mag vs. 17hmr I have never shot a .17HMR, but I will end up with one. Just think how bad you will look with one in each hand laughing at Al Q,,,, whoops sorry, I meant whistle pigs. My bad.

06-04-2012, 10:04 PM	#6
ponycar17 Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: South Carolina Contributor Posts: 4,884	Re: 22mag vs. 17hmr For squirrels and other small game, the .17 HMR is awesome! It does however have its problems. The round with ballistic tipped ammo is EXTREMELY explosive. I have shot it into a chicken egg and it fully expanded and fractured into shrapnel before exiting. That's not acceptable for larger game. The .17 HMR soft point and milder hollow points may penetrate a bit more but I'm not sure how much more... For that reason, a .17 HMR is a novelty to me but I'd have to choose a .22 WMR for any kind of defense greater than the rodent kind. __________________ Arm yourself with intellectual Ammunition! Gunfacts 5.1 Myth-Busting Facts JustFacts.com on Gun Control Stopping Power, the Downloadable Book

06-04-2012, 10:05 PM	#7
jack404 Former Guest Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Australia Contributor Posts: 17,622	Re: 22mag vs. 17hmr i've gone back to .22 WMR after few years with the .17 variants .17 tear things up too much under 100 and a lot of my shooting is half that for fur's while i do head shot nearly every time i dont want scraps on the head , it can add 10% maybe 15% to a furs price if the scalp (and depending on the fur , the ears) are good 17 explodes a bunnys bonce , wmr no , can blow a fox skull so it tears too for killing its fine , but they do a lot of damage to small game if you want it for fur or food

06-05-2012, 12:41 AM	#11
time2shoot Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Brandon SD Contributor Posts: 2,600	Re: 22mag vs. 17hmr CZ 455 american you con have both. with one rifle __________________ I AM A VETERAN MY OATH OF ENLISTMENT HAS NO EXPIRATION DATE!

06-05-2012, 12:50 AM	#13
jack404 Former Guest Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Australia Contributor Posts: 17,622	Re: 22mag vs. 17hmr hit it between the eye's and the body would be fine no head i'll wager or not much i ate a lot of bunnies i beheaded with a rem .17 HM2 i traded Last edited by jack404; 06-05-2012 at 12:51 AM..

06-05-2012, 01:01 AM	#14
carver TFF Moderator/Host Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: DAV, Deep in the Pineywoods of East Texas, just west of Shreveport, LA Contributor Posts: 11,251	Re: 22mag vs. 17hmr Jack, here in my part of the U.S. we eat the heads of the squirrels too! __________________ Y'all be safe now, ya hear! Lamentations Chapter 5: 1. Remember, O LORD, what is come upon us: consider, and behold our reproach. 2. Our inheritance is turned to strangers, our houses to aliens. 3. We are orphans and fatherless, our mothers [are] as widows. 5. Our necks [are] under persecution: we labour, [and] have no rest. 16. The crown is fallen [from] our head: woe unto us, that we have sinned! 21. Turn thou us unto thee, O LORD, and we shall be turned; renew our days as of old.

06-05-2012, 01:03 AM	#15
jack404 Former Guest Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Australia Contributor Posts: 17,622	Re: 22mag vs. 17hmr bummer , stick with .22's

06-05-2012, 06:00 AM	#16
wv hillbilly Advanced Senior Member Join Date: May 2012 Location: mountains of wv. Posts: 2,016	Re: 22mag vs. 17hmr i have never shot a .17, but i heard they can be led a stray by wind or even a leaf. a 22 mag will bring down a deer and take small game quite well, so if i had to choose only one it would be the 22 mag