17 caliber

Great gun but for squirrels you will have to take head shots.

Yep. But at 50-100 yards, that is not a problem- you CAN take headshots!

steadyshot said:

The Savage is a nice rifle at a good price.

Here is mine. The scope is a Bushnell Legend 4.4-14x44mm.

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At what distance does your savage become less accurate

johndeere said:

At what distance does your savage become less accurate

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I haven't tried to shoot past 150 yards. I mainly shoot between 50-150 yards with it. Maximum effective range would be no more than 300 yards.

steadyshot said:

I haven't tried to shoot past 150 yards. I mainly shoot between 50-150 yards with it. Maximum effective range would be no more than 300 yards.

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When shooting at 150 yds are you still getting close grouping

I ain`t never shot a Squirrel at over 50 yds.............

303tom said:

I ain`t never shot a Squirrel at over 50 yds.............

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With a 17 caliber?

johndeere said:

With a 17 caliber?

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Never had too...............

If you're hunting for meat use the fmj cause the ballistic tip and the tnt won't leave much left for eating. As the others have said head shot's if you can. You can shoot aspirins at 100 yards so head shots won't be that hard.

johndeere said:

When shooting at 150 yds are you still getting close grouping

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I do on a good day at the range using a shooting rest or bi pod.

Like others have said, you won't be shooting at squirrels at anything more than 50 yards.

It's very hard to pick up a squirrel at distance with a scoped rifle. They are very small and move around alot.

Get a marlin 917 with the heavy barrel. I love mine, out of the box it will shoot one jagged hole up to 100 yards.

I have shot a lot of prairie dogs with 17 HM2 and 17 HMR rifles. The 17 grain bullets do a lot a damage with any body shot. I have shot a few cotten tail rabbits taking head shots with the 17 HM2 rifle , I d not use the 17 HMR when hunting small game I wonted to eat unless it was a head shot. Hitting a head at 100 yards under hunting conditions could be a bit trickey.

I wouldn't say 300 yards is a shot you should not be taking with a 17 unless you are screwing around at the range on paper targets, that bullet is too light to carry energy out that far, 150-200 yards is generally considered max effective range on small varmints, squirrel, prairie dog, woodchuck sized animals here is some reading on the ballistics, it has some good info on sighting in, bullet drop.

http://www.chuckhawks.com/17HMR.htm

A .17 rimfire has a Max. effective range of 300 yards? You have to know that is incorrect.

nitestalker said:

A .17 rimfire has a Max. effective range of 300 yards? You have to know that is incorrect.

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Oh so are u gonna tell us its good for 600 yrds then.

Muliemaster said:

Oh so are u gonna tell us its good for 600 yrds then.

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Of course it is.....on disease ridden exotic animals in the 35 mph winds of Colorado shootin downhill at a 10° grade

My point was that the .17 rim fire can no way be effective at 300 yards. This is a very close range arm for thin skinned small animals. If you want a 300 yard rifle you should look at a .223 or ?
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