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    kapt
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    Unhappy 17 wsm - ammo is the problem


    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.
    Last edited by kapt; 09-10-2014 at 12:32 PM.

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    n4ue
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    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

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    kapt
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    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.
    Last edited by kapt; 09-10-2014 at 12:33 PM.

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    Where did you get the reamer for the .17WSM?
    There are 3 kinds of people in this world. Those who can do math and those who can't

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    Quote Originally Posted by Rooster 50 View Post
    Where did you get the reamer for the .17WSM?
    Midway has them and they may also have go/no go headspace gauges

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    n4ue
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    Quote Originally Posted by kapt View Post
    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/...REENMTNBbl.jpg

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

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    bremereric
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    Make your bucket private.

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    Reeseman
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    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 .

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