Well after waiting a year and a half, yesterday I picked up my Walking Varminter 22 Hornet. My dealer ordered two of them. He opened the box which said 22 Hornet but the barrel was stamped 17 Hornet. He opened the other box and it was a 22 Hornet. It was the first 17 Hornet they have seen. So some are being shipped! But I wanted the Hornet. I went to the range and it was just as I expected from Savage. It shoots nickle sized groups at 100 yards. I am very happy with it. It shoots as good as all my other Savages. The magazine is some kind of material other than metal. Do not know what it is called, but it seems well made and fits very precise. The gun champers and ejects very smoothly. The black stock fits nicely and there is a nice soft butt pad. I was shooting 35 grain Vmax with 13 gr Lil Gun. It was worth the wait, Whitetail