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<blockquote data-quote="B23" data-source="post: 1859923" data-attributes="member: 13222"><p>We shoot a lot of sage rats (Belding's ground squirrels) and rimfires are the preferred choice. Particularly, the 17 HMR and a few, like myself, now prefer the 17 WSM over the HMR. </p><p></p><p>For me, shooting sage rats with any of my 17's or even 22's is the much better choice because you can sometimes go through 500-1000 rnds a day and often the distances don't exceed a couple hundred yards and these things aren't very big so using a centerfire is overkill. The one centerfire exception is the 17 Hornet. My little 17 Hornets aren't quite as inexpensive to shoot as my HMR or WSM but it definitely extends your range and has a significantly better splat factor on rats, yet it's not so overkill and I don't feel so bad shooting a sage rat at 50yds with it.</p><p></p><p>Also, all of the rimfires and even the 17 Hornet, are considerably quieter than are any of the centerfires.</p><p></p><p>Another thing to consider, any of the cheaper 223 ammo that's even close to being in the price range of the HMR or WSM is all FMJ ammo and that stuff has a bad tendency to ricochet.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="B23, post: 1859923, member: 13222"] We shoot a lot of sage rats (Belding's ground squirrels) and rimfires are the preferred choice. Particularly, the 17 HMR and a few, like myself, now prefer the 17 WSM over the HMR. For me, shooting sage rats with any of my 17's or even 22's is the much better choice because you can sometimes go through 500-1000 rnds a day and often the distances don't exceed a couple hundred yards and these things aren't very big so using a centerfire is overkill. The one centerfire exception is the 17 Hornet. My little 17 Hornets aren't quite as inexpensive to shoot as my HMR or WSM but it definitely extends your range and has a significantly better splat factor on rats, yet it's not so overkill and I don't feel so bad shooting a sage rat at 50yds with it. Also, all of the rimfires and even the 17 Hornet, are considerably quieter than are any of the centerfires. Another thing to consider, any of the cheaper 223 ammo that's even close to being in the price range of the HMR or WSM is all FMJ ammo and that stuff has a bad tendency to ricochet. [/QUOTE]
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