It's official, the 17M2 is avaialable in the V-22 platform:
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I wish I knew more about this cartridge. How does it differ from 17 hmr? Is ammo radially available?
In short, the 17M2 is a necked down 22LR. Same case head dims, feeds from 22LR mags, uses a 17 grain bullet that runs between 2100 and 2200 fps and hits hard on small game. Originally, it was overshadowed by the 17HMR but fell off the market for more reasons than that. Not that long ago, ammo companies started seeing more interest and began producing small runs of ammo to see if it would take off. We've been watching it at Vudoo and I built one over a year ago to play around with. Fortunately, we started getting calls and emails about it and pressed forward to select a barrel maker and started making receivers that weren't marked 22LR during production. We actually started shipping the 17M2 a few weeks ago as a small test run and the response was pretty awesome. Ammo is readily available from Hornady, which is who we've chosen as a supplier.I wish I knew more about this cartridge. How does it differ from 17 hmr? Is ammo radially available?
I wish I knew more about this cartridge. How does it differ from 17 hmr? Is ammo radially available?
How accurate are they at 5o and 100 yards
Next logical question...will it be allowed in NRL22? Being a rimfire... Maybe as popularity takes off they will feel obligated...
Not a chance. It runs over 2,000 fps.
It will make the game trivial.
If they allowed it for youth 14 or 16 and under then I would be excited still. Getting kids into nrl22 is awesome and The mach2 makes it easier for them to connect from 0-100 yards. Also it’s more explosive and my kids love seeing stuff react.
With a bit of coaching and desire from the child (that’s the biggest part, them wanting to do it), nrl22 is quite easy to shoot 80% or better on as it sits.
You want to find the old Eley labeled ammo. It's always shot WAY better than the hornady or other makers.
At one point it was like $3.50 a box but no clue what it runs now. It is worth it....