Remington 597 in .17 HMR

[rugmar]

Anyone have a Remington 597 in .17 HMR? If so, can you give me a few pros and cons? I was looking at the LS-HB.

Anyone know of other choices for an autoloading .17 HMR?

[Killer@nz]

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I had one of these a year or so back and sold it to finance another project. It was an excellent shooter. I was consistently knocking down birds and rabbits at the 200 yard + mark. I was using a Bushnell rangefinder so I can confidently confirm the distances. Windrift from those sorts of distance was a factor but one that with a little practice could be easily calculated. I will buy another as money allows.

[rugmar]

Thanks for the info killer. I have just begun to start looking at these. I really wish Ruger would make an autoloading .17 HMR.

[quickblu]

can you get the 10/22 in .17hmr ? i thought that i had read some where that they offered it

[Boogyman]

A friend of mine has a 10/22 with a .17 Aguero bull barrel on it, I believe he did the conversion himself.

I fired it and found it to be very accurate to 100 yards, but after that the wind drift was definitely a factor.

Those little necked-down .22 lr cases are neat!

[rugmar]

Yes you can make a .17 m2 from a 10/22 but what I want is a .17 HMR. Anyone heard of a 10/22 Magnum being converted to .17 HMR?

[Killer@nz]

http://www.clarkcustomguns.com/1022con.htm
http://www.clarkcustomguns.com/riflepts.htm
http://cgi.ebay.com/RUGER-10-22-Butler-Creek-HEAVY-17-HMR-Barrel-Blue_W0QQitemZ200041648323QQihZ010QQcategoryZ31709 QQcmdZViewItem

or you could just wait for this......

http://17hmr.net/index.htm

Scroll down towards the bottom.

The thing I should mention about the 597 is you need to be meticulous about cleaning the mags especially. Misfeeds and jams will occur if this is not done. Remington has replaced the plastic mags with an alloy mag, which has improved things but still pays to be particular.

Hope this helps.