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Impressed with my 17WSM.
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<blockquote data-quote="B1s BmagX2" data-source="post: 2851506" data-attributes="member: 116037"><p>I know there's ammo still available if you look for it. I found some about a month ago and I'll be darned if I can remember where? It was being sold in bulk, which in this situation is probably the best way to get the stuff, for what worked out to $20 a box. 500 rounds for $200, 1000 rounds for $400. I still have about 800 rounds left and if I just use it for chucks here in Ohio it'll last me a while. I just had to make a decision whether to invest in more ammo, which will still eventually run out if Winchester doesn't get off their butts, or use that money to start a new build. As I mentioned before, I have a 12-year-old Savage Axis .223 sitting in my gun vault. I got it for a budget build and replaced the original trigger, which was horrible since it wasn't an Accu trigger with a Rifle Basics, and tuned it to a 6 oz pull which seems extreme but I only load when I see my target. Made for a very accurate shooter. Then put it away. I got it back out 2 weeks ago, put a Picatinny rail on it, and topped that with a Burris Fullfield E1 I picked up at a gun show for $150. I ordered a Boyds Spike Camp stock. I have several Boyds stocks from the Spike Camp up to an At-One on my 22-250 and I kinda like the Spike Camp for a decent budget stock. Properly bedded it makes a good lightweight no-frills setup. I also ordered an E. Arthur Brown Barrel in .17 Rem Fireball. All in all it's gonna be my replacement for my B-Mag varminter which is now locked in my safe. I still am going to use my B-Mag modified "pencil" barrel as my walking rifle, so the ammo I have should last twice as long, I hope. I know the Fireball is a few notches above the HMR and I'm just not sold on the 17 Hornet since I reload a lot it's a little finicky about powder charge weights given the case size. Plus as I mentioned in an earlier thread the bolt face issues. I like the idea of being able to switch out different calibers and the Hornet is too limited.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="B1s BmagX2, post: 2851506, member: 116037"] I know there's ammo still available if you look for it. I found some about a month ago and I'll be darned if I can remember where? It was being sold in bulk, which in this situation is probably the best way to get the stuff, for what worked out to $20 a box. 500 rounds for $200, 1000 rounds for $400. I still have about 800 rounds left and if I just use it for chucks here in Ohio it'll last me a while. I just had to make a decision whether to invest in more ammo, which will still eventually run out if Winchester doesn't get off their butts, or use that money to start a new build. As I mentioned before, I have a 12-year-old Savage Axis .223 sitting in my gun vault. I got it for a budget build and replaced the original trigger, which was horrible since it wasn't an Accu trigger with a Rifle Basics, and tuned it to a 6 oz pull which seems extreme but I only load when I see my target. Made for a very accurate shooter. Then put it away. I got it back out 2 weeks ago, put a Picatinny rail on it, and topped that with a Burris Fullfield E1 I picked up at a gun show for $150. I ordered a Boyds Spike Camp stock. I have several Boyds stocks from the Spike Camp up to an At-One on my 22-250 and I kinda like the Spike Camp for a decent budget stock. Properly bedded it makes a good lightweight no-frills setup. I also ordered an E. Arthur Brown Barrel in .17 Rem Fireball. All in all it's gonna be my replacement for my B-Mag varminter which is now locked in my safe. I still am going to use my B-Mag modified "pencil" barrel as my walking rifle, so the ammo I have should last twice as long, I hope. I know the Fireball is a few notches above the HMR and I'm just not sold on the 17 Hornet since I reload a lot it's a little finicky about powder charge weights given the case size. Plus as I mentioned in an earlier thread the bolt face issues. I like the idea of being able to switch out different calibers and the Hornet is too limited. [/QUOTE]
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