Favorite 17

[MTPaul]

Loren - I'd say you DEFINITELY put the big hurt on those rock chucks! I'll bet the sound of impact (WHOOMP!) echoed across the lava fields for sure. Nice looking build by the way.

 

[MarinePMI]

I'm in Montana and we have none of your pygmy rabbits, cottontails-regular and desert-white tailed jack rabbits and only one specie of snowshoe that I know of. No closed season and no bag limit one any of them. And I love eating them all, except the jackrabbit...

https://honest-food.net/hare-stew-hard-times/

Jack rabbit shouldn't be cooked like cottontail. It's a totally different type of meat, so requires a different method to cook. Kinda like the difference between white meat chicken and dark meat chicken.

 

[rickiesrevenge]

Shooting a custom built 17-223 with 20 gr V-max deadly on rock chucks and badgers.View attachment 395

Please tell us more about that 17-223

 

[Bullseye69]

https://honest-food.net/hare-stew-hard-times/

Jack rabbit shouldn't be cooked like cottontail. It's a totally different type of meat, so requires a different method to cook. Kinda like the difference between white meat chicken and dark meat chicken.

I'm gonna give that receipt a try.
Thanks

 

[L.Sherm]

Have plans on doing a 17 javelina shortly.

All my parts are at Mike Bryants right now for a 17 Javalina

 

[17VLD]

Well I have owned and enjoyed my 17AH Contender pistol for awhile and figured it needed a rifle for a companion. I figured the Hornady version with a threaded barrel might be fun too so I got the Ruger, if a Cooper 38 in17AH ever becomes available I might be swayed back
The Ruger was easy to get on paper and even with the factory loads and trigger shot quite a few one hole groups. Looking forward to getting the dies and exploiting it's potential soon. My new favorite, hope to bust a few crows and maybe an errant fox that's been eyeing my neighbors chickens.

 

[Old Hickory]

Shooting a custom built 17-223 with 20 gr V-max deadly on rock chucks and badgers.View attachment 395

I bet that is a hot round!

 

[Old Hickory]

Am slicking in a suggestion here because I cannot find a proper spot to place it. When I buy a rifle and need some more stock length, I add one of those cheap rubber slip on recoil pads usually used on shotguns. It adds 1" of length.
I traded some of my knife work for a custom left hand Monte Carlo cherry wood stock for my right hand Savage 93 .17 HMR. I had the maker add 1" length.

 

[M_Strohmeyer]

Am slicking in a suggestion here because I cannot find a proper spot to place it. When I buy a rifle and need some more stock length, I add one of those cheap rubber slip on recoil pads usually used on shotguns. It adds 1" of length.

First you need to determine length of pull. Lot's of videos on YT.

 

[Old Hickory]

Yeah on that, M. Some Savage stocks are often 1" too short for me but my A17 is OK.