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11-11-2017, 20:05

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.17HMR vs: .17Mach2 cartridge

Yooper, The main difference is that yours is a necked down 22 mag and the mach2 is a necked down 22 long rifle cartridge. The idea then is for manufacturers to be able to produce a new gun with a long rifle platform.

Here's a link below to the NRA mag's article.
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.17HMR vs: .17Mach2 cartridge

Everybody loves the venerable old 22 but it's got a rainbow trajectory. The 17 mach2 shoots vertually flat to 100 yards.

"Hornady's trajectory figures look like this: +0.7" at 50 yards, 0 at 100 yards, and -4.4" at 150 yards. This is a very useful trajectory for small game hunting, far better than that of the .22 LR, which has a 2.7" rise at 50 yards and 10.8" drop at 150 yards when zeroed at 100 yards. Practically speaking, a .22 LR rifle needs to be zeroed at about 75 yards to avoid over-shooting small animals like squirrels at intermediate distances, so the .17 M2 has about a 25 yard advantage in range over the .22 LR."

Flat shooting and 20% more energy than the 22 long rifle. No lead fouling of the barrel. Sounds like a winner to me. The main negative is price. You won't find ammo for $2 a box for the mach2, more like $6 a box.
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Yooper said "I should never have purchased the .17HMR but have it now and will stick with it. In a moment of passion for something new I made the purchase but only bought a cheapie gun so nothing was really lost. "

I wouldn't give up on the NEF yet, or was it an H&R? Either way it's the same rifle. Especially if you haven't shot it alot. I've read that it takes at least 100 rnds for the barrel to break in. I've got a single shot NEF 30-06 and it's a real tack driver. My good friend has the same thing in .223 and he regularly beats the guys with much more expensive guns (with .223s and 22-250s) at 300 yds.
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Yooper, The main difference is that yours is a necked down 22 mag and the mach2 is a necked down 22 long rifle cartridge. The idea then is for manufacturers to be able to produce a new gun with a long rifle platform. Here's a link below to the NRA mag's article. Dave

Yooper, The main difference is that yours is a necked down 22 mag and the mach2 is a necked down 22 long rifle cartridge. The idea then is for manufacturers to be able to produce a new gun with a long rifle platform.

Here's a link below to the NRA mag's article.
Dave