17hmr ammo

[lr123]

What 17hmr ammo is your go to ammo? My brother in law is buying a 17hmr and I plan to buy him a couple boxes of ammo for his birthday. Any recommendations are appreciated.

 

[justin amateur]

Only 2 companies manufacture 17 hmr cartridges, CCI and Winchester.
Hornady, Federal, Norma and Remington are relabeled CCI.
Browning is relabeled Winchester.
Results are dependent on batch quality the day of manufacture.
Neither CCI or Winchester make anything but hunting ammo.
Welcome to the assembly line lottery.
Chronograph numbers and target results at 200 yards

### Indicates best results

Browning 17 grain ballistic tip 17hmr Link to post

### CCI A17 17 grain 17 hmr Link to first 50 Link to second 50

CCI FMJ 20 grain 17hmr Link to first 50 Link to second 50

CCI Gamepoint 20 grain jacketed soft point 17hmr Link to post

CCI TNT 17 grain hollow point 17hmr ### Link to post Link to post Link to post

CCI TNT Green Lead Free 16 grain hollow point 17 hmr Link to post

CCI VMax 17 grain ballistic tip 17hmr Link to post

CCI VNT 17 grain ballistic tip 17hmr Link to post

Federal V-Shok V-Max 17 grain polymer tip 17hmr Link to post

Federal V-Shok TNT 17 grain hollow point 17hmr ### Link to first 50 Link to second 50

Hornady NTX 15.5 grain lead free 17hmr Link to post

### Hornady V-Max 17 grain ballistic tip 17hmr Link to post Link to post

Hornady XTP 20 grain hollow point 17hmr Link to post

Norma 17 grain V-Max ballistic tip17hmr Link to post

Remington Accu-tip 17 grain ballistic tip 17hmr Link to post

Winchester Super X 20 grain 17 hmr jhp Link to post

Winchester Varmint HV 17 grain polymer tip 17hmr Link to post

 

[Near miss]

My opinion is that Gamepoints, A17 and VMax make the best groups.
I am only buying CCI Gamepoints at the moment.

 

[Travelor]

If you want 17HMR to shoot well, weight sort it!!! The weight difference in a box woll scare the bejesus out of you.

 

[lr123]

Awesome I didn’t realize there were only 2 manufacturers. I’m used to lot to lot inconsistencies though with 22lr.

 

[Sieg]

I have very good results on digger squirrels with CCI A17, CCI TNT, and Hornady Vmax 17g.

The Vmax 17g has been my go to due to price, availability, and good accuracy, I've shot 8-10k rds of it.

I bought some Winchester 17g HP and FMJ and it was without a doubt the worst .17HMR ammunition I've shot. Poor accuracy and split neck cases.

 

[justin amateur]

Tried weight sorting/rim thickness/oal for an entire brick of CCI 17 grain Vmax.
No significant improvement shown even with 0.1 grain intervals. Not worth the time spent.
Cartridge defects cause more problems than weight variations.
Variations in seating depth and angle, brass shape/diameter, crimp tension all create unpredictable strays.
Sloppy tolerances on the assembly line make for too many differences in the final product.

 

[MarkCZ]

My CZ 455 likes CCI 20gr Gamepoints or Hornady 20GR XTP ( same ammo made by CCI). The best Tipped ammo is A17.

Mark

 

[orkan]

CCI 17gr TNT
CCI 20gr Game Point

Those are the only two brands/loads that I can get consistent performance with.

 

[zacii]

My Marlin likes the 17 grain V-max from Federal.

Had issues with Winchester stuff, so I avoid that.

 

[salks]

Best luck with A17 and CCI game point. Avoid the Winchester stuff same as others said split necks and horrible accuracy.

 

[Shepman]

Gamepoint works well for me

 

[Trippm]

My CZ455 likes 20 gr. pills. Next is CCI FMJ and gamepoints. None of them are terrible out to 100 yd. Switched to 17 over 22 for squirrels.