On New Years Day I picked up a new Savage 93R17 BV in 17hmr from Cabela's. It has the blued heavy barrel with grey laminate stock. Overall fit and finish of the gun is superb. The gun came with a Cabela's Pine Righe 17 tactical scope. Because of the extreme wind and windchills yesterday I only got to put 15 rounds through the gun at 50yds. To get it sighted I did 2 three shot groups and a 4 round group. I then fired a five round group. The last group was dead center, one ragged hole. Can't wait to get this puppy at 100yds.
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New Savage 93R17 BV
- Thread starter Rob96
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bigautomatic
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Nice. I have the same rifle. I found out quickly that there is a big difference between 50 yards and 100 yards if the wind is blowing, even at 5mph. Reading the wind is a good skill to have and this was a good caliber for me to sharpen those skills on. Not sure what power your scope is, but be prepared for a little walking if you don't have a spotting scope. Those itty bitty holes are tough to see at 100. Leave the black targets in the truck and break out the orange ones.
like most rim fires prefers certain ammo, so far federal 17gr works best.
Oddly enough. I just read in a Predator hunting magazine, that no matter what brand of 17hmr ammo you use, it is all made by the same manufacturer. My guess is that would be Hornady if true.
Oddly enough. I just read in a Predator hunting magazine, that no matter what brand of 17hmr ammo you use, it is all made by the same manufacturer. My guess is that would be Hornady if true.
Interesting,I had not seen that.
It was in a question and answer section. The question was in regards to the Remington rifle recall. This information about the ammo was provided as an answer by Remington themselves. The magazine was Predator Extreme. Kinda makes sense considering in the 17gr loads they are all using V-Max bullets, with the exception of Remington. They must be supplying Accutips.
bigautomatic
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I think its all manufactured by CCI, if memory serves (sometimes it doesn't).