.17 HMR for coyotes?

[outdooraddict]

I just found one today at the local gander mtn. used but in great shape a savage 93 bull barrel with accu trigger for 125.00 couldnt pass it up.

 

[snipersam]

shot placement is everything. if hit right out to 100 yards it wouldnt go far. BUT the 17hmr is not knowen for its penatration. A friend of mine uses it for beaver drops em right away when shot in the head.

But if i was going after coyotes i wouldnt carry a 17hmr my 204 ruger then gets the nod.

2 years ago while shooting muskrats with a .22 i came across a coyote. 70 yards in the head it was dead right where it stood

 

[buffalorancher]

I won a Savage 17HMR and it's not that accurate. However, it works great for dispatching fur in our live traps. No matter how close you are I've never had a V-Max exit.

 

[ARPredatorHunters]

The 17 HMR works fine on coyotes at shorter ranges and using the non-plastic tipped bullets and proper shot placement. For me, this means the head on a coyote. The 17 HMR is plenty accurate enough for this type of shot placement out to 100 yards or so for certain. With this being said, about the only time I would use it would be in a location where I was caliber restricted or in the woods. If they let you use a larger caliber and you own one larger then I can't justify using a 17 HMR.

Mine is also the Savage and the only mod to it was installing a rifle basix trigger to it. When there isn't a wind blowing I can shoot groups as good as most peoples deer rifles can at 100 yards. Sub MOA easy. The thing shoots very well.

 

[Hawk00]

Snipersam,Wow where do you live that you can ''shoot beaver and muskrat with any type of gun''...Never heard of that before...Just curious...

 

[Bear2]

i have always had a hard time getting the old primer out of my 22 Mag.

 

[Intruder]

Hey Bear, I don't have any problem getting the old primers out, but it's a real B**** getting the new ones in and seated properly

 

[19elkhunter51]

Two items here.

1. I purchased a 17HMR to hammer the yotes and feral dogs that were chasing my livestock. Out to about 100-125 yds on my property I have not had anything I shot and hit move away from where I shot them. 7-8 yotes and unfortunately three large dogs. I agree that on animals of that size 125 yds is the max clean killing range.

2. Not to be a know it all, but I have never heard of reloading rimfire brass. I have been a shooter for over fifty years and an avid reloader for over thirty years. Just wondering how you are able to re-establish the primer in the rim of the rimfire cartridge?

 

[Michiganhunter]

Hmmm. Elk51,
I think someone opened their mouth before they thought things thru, and ended up posting some Bull Shiot!!! The old timers at my gun club started laughing pretty hard when I brought it up? I think the primer is formed into the casing of a rim fire, but I'm far from a reloading expert?
Oh well?

 

[LWILLIAMS]

All he is doing is pulling the bullet out of the wmr case and putting in the v-max round. He is using the same primer and powder that was already in there. It is not unheard of, look around a read a little. He is not reloading the cases just switching the bullets. And I have seen good hits on coyotes with a 223 and they are a tough animal, no way is the 17 big enough for an ethical hunter to use it in the field on coyotes.

 

[LWILLIAMS]

April, 96 Reloading

A little light reading for the nay sayers who think they know everything and just realized they dont.

 

[blanket]

The 17 HMR will kill coyotes given the right situation as will a 22lr, and 22mag but my minimum caliber for all around use for winter furred coyotes not in a trap would be the duece (222) with a 50 grain bullet. As to changing the bullets in the mag, some have even taken it to a higher level with increased powder charges ect. but it is not a good or economical practice. Russ

 

[screech]

hmr as a coyote round. From personall expierence you get about a fifty fifty on coyotes you will find. Im sure they all died just not sure how far they ran before they did.

 

[J E Custom]

Re: hhhhmmmmmm

22 mag handload????? have i missed out on some new technoligy available out there? AJ

I don't know about now, But there was a time that you could buy empty primed rim fire
cases for loading and there were quite a few people loading them.

Cost was about the same as factory ammo so the only reason to reload was for accuracy
and consistency.

Some even cast there own bullets.

Before they were available some of the guys loaded 60 grain bullets that were subsonic
for squirrels and an occasional neighborhood cat.

J E CUSTOM