17 wsm - ammo is the problem

[kapt]

Email responses I have received:

Winchester says ammo will be better and more plentiful in the near future.
Hornady says they are not going to be making it.
CCI - We will not be making this ammo.

[n4ue]

Yep, I think Winchester stepped on their ***** on the 17 WSM. I have both the skinny and heavy bbl rifles and enjoy them, but the skinny bbl one left me pretty disappointed. The new HB gun is much better, but............ I expected more.

ron

[kapt]

What I did:
1- TRASHED THE FACTORY RECYCLED MILK JUGS STOCK
2- REMOVED THE PENCIL BARREL
3- TRUED THE ACTION
4- TURNED A GREEN MOUNTAIN SS BLANK AND FITTED TO MY ACTION ( FULL FLOATED except for 2" in front of action )
5- PUT IT IN A BOYD'S LAMINATED STOCK
When I sort ammo it shoots pretty well.

[Rooster 50]

Where did you get the reamer for the .17WSM?

[Jeremy B]

Where did you get the reamer for the .17WSM?

Midway has them and they may also have go/no go headspace gauges

[n4ue]

What I did:
1- TRASHED THE FACTORY RECYCLED MILK JUGS STOCK
2- REMOVED THE PENCIL BARREL
3- TRUED THE ACTION
4- TURNED A GREEN MOUNTAIN SS BLANK AND FITTED TO MY ACTION ( FULL FLOATED except for 2" in front of action )
5- PUT IT IN A BOYD'S LAMINATED STOCK
When I sort ammo it shoots pretty well.
Rifle: http://i1240.photobucket.com/albums/gg492/kapt51/AFTERGREENMTNBbl.jpg

BOTH TARGETS SHOT AT 100 Yds.
http://i1240.photobucket.com/albums/gg492/kapt51/SAVAGEBbl.jpg
http://i1240.photobucket.com/albums/gg492/kapt51/GreenMtnBbl.jpg

Kapt, excellent. But my stock couldn't have been milk jugs. Wrong color. I DO think it was a bunch of old, black trash bags. ha ha

ron

[bremereric]

http://i1240.photobucket.com/albums/gg492/kapt51/17WSMSORT.jpg (http://s1240.photobucket.com/user/kapt51/media/17WSMSORT.jpg.html)

Make your bucket private.

[Reeseman]

A friend of mine bought a new heavy barrel B Mag from Cabellas last week . Its a newer production gun according to the serial number verified by Savage . He has an older standard B Mag that struggles to shoot 1.5'' at 100 yards with 20 or 25 grain ammo . He has a stock pile of both flavors he bought up over the past year . None of the ammo is current production ammo . With a little over 100 rounds down the barrel on the new gun it's shooting 1.0'' groups with the older 20 grain ammo at 100 yards . Yesterday he said he was getting 1.25'' to 1.5'' groups with the 25 grain at 100 yards . I have read similar reports of recently purchased B Mags shooting good groups over on rimfire central . It sounds like Savage may have gotten their act together with the latest produced guns . My heavy barrel purchased in late May will do 1.5'' at best with 20 grain and struggles to shoot the 25 grain to a 2.0'' group . I got a box of new production 20 grain from my local gun shop last week and it does not shoot any better out of my gun than the old lots I have .