Hey all,
With Pennsylvania small game season approaching I figured I would finally post a picture of my little squirrel killer.
It's a Savage 93r17 sporting a Boyds Rimfire Hunter in forest camo. A nice gent on here made me some aluminum pillars that I installed and then bedded the action. The first time I used Acraglass and that stuff is terrible. So I took the Dremel to it and some sandpaper and started all over using JB Weld. Came out MUCH BETTER.
Optic is a Vortex Viper HS 4-16x50 with the BDC and works fantastic. The rings are a bit beefy, being those six-bolt Weaver tacticals, but it was all the local shop had when I picked up my scope and the scope is definitely not going anywhere.
I have another 17HMR from Savage that is a non-heavy barrel and seems to like the Hornady Vmax and wouldn't shoot the 20gr FMJ worth a shit. The Vmax are just too devastating on small game so I took a gamble and bought the above 93r17 FV and hit the jackpot. It shoots > 1/2" @ 50 yds using the FMJ's. Vmax from the heavy barrel are not quite as accurate as FMJ.
Only problem I am running into now is, after almost three freaking months of searching, I still have not yet located any CCI 20gr FMJ anywhere. Even from the local authorized CCI dealers. I have no bullets to shoot from my gun at this time.
With Pennsylvania small game season approaching I figured I would finally post a picture of my little squirrel killer.
It's a Savage 93r17 sporting a Boyds Rimfire Hunter in forest camo. A nice gent on here made me some aluminum pillars that I installed and then bedded the action. The first time I used Acraglass and that stuff is terrible. So I took the Dremel to it and some sandpaper and started all over using JB Weld. Came out MUCH BETTER.
Optic is a Vortex Viper HS 4-16x50 with the BDC and works fantastic. The rings are a bit beefy, being those six-bolt Weaver tacticals, but it was all the local shop had when I picked up my scope and the scope is definitely not going anywhere.
I have another 17HMR from Savage that is a non-heavy barrel and seems to like the Hornady Vmax and wouldn't shoot the 20gr FMJ worth a shit. The Vmax are just too devastating on small game so I took a gamble and bought the above 93r17 FV and hit the jackpot. It shoots > 1/2" @ 50 yds using the FMJ's. Vmax from the heavy barrel are not quite as accurate as FMJ.
Only problem I am running into now is, after almost three freaking months of searching, I still have not yet located any CCI 20gr FMJ anywhere. Even from the local authorized CCI dealers. I have no bullets to shoot from my gun at this time.
