Savage 93 17HMR Ammo

Dark Wing · #1 05-31-2009, 12:27 PM

I just bought a savage 93 in 17 HMR with three different brands of ammo, Winchester 17gr Vmax, 20gr gamepoints and Hornady 20 gr Xtp's. So far my vote goes to the Hornady's as the tightest shooting group. What are you guys shooting out of yours? By the way what a blast I'm gonna be doing some serious damage to the gopher and crow poulation around here.

IR_mike · #2 05-31-2009, 06:29 PM

My savage groups the tightest with remington and cci ballistic tips in .17 grain.
The 20 grain ccis group a little bit tighter than the 20 grain hornadys.

depopulator · #3 05-31-2009, 06:45 PM

My Savage 17hmr loves the 20 XTP's. It shoots way better at 100 yards + than a rimfire ever should. It impresses me everytime.

gibbs · #4 05-31-2009, 06:55 PM

Federal 17grain are best out of mine so far. I havent tried any of the 20 grainers yet. CCI was terrible, and Hornady was a close second to federals. Sub 1" at 100 yards with the Feds.

Jeromeo · #5 05-31-2009, 07:42 PM

I like to use the Federal and Hornady V-max 17 grain because they are the cheapest and shoot well. All 17 HMR ammo is made by CCI so I don't think there is any difference except for tip colour. Of course there are some folks that will swear that one brand or 17hmr ammo shoots better than the other. From my experience they all shoot the same.

IR_mike · #6 05-31-2009, 08:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Jeromeo

I like to use the Federal and Hornady V-max 17 grain because they are the cheapest and shoot well. All 17 HMR ammo is made by CCI so I don't think there is any difference except for tip colour. Of course there are some folks that will swear that one brand or 17hmr ammo shoots better than the other. From my experience they all shoot the same.

I think remington is the only one that advertises a "boat tail" .17 gr polymer tip bullet and while I dont have a chronograph a former co worker told me he was getting consistent velocity with the same brands lot to lot but different velocities between brands.
Some were consistently higher than the advertised 2550 fps and some lower.

Dark Wing · #7 06-01-2009, 04:40 AM

Thanks for the info guys. Also another question, what are you guys using to clean your barrel? A bore snake , cleaning rod or both. I thought I had a cleaning rod at home that would fit the barrel but no such luck.

surhuntsalot · #8 06-01-2009, 06:30 AM

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Originally Posted by Dark Wing

Thanks for the info guys. Also another question, what are you guys using to clean your barrel? A bore snake , cleaning rod or both. I thought I had a cleaning rod at home that would fit the barrel but no such luck.

I picked up an OTIS cleaning kit for .177 cal. Came with the cable, brush, jag, patches and solvent. Works great. OTIS gets my vote...

Jeromeo · #9 06-01-2009, 12:13 PM

I also bought a rod to fit the .17
I like bore snakes but mostly for larger calibers.

Bushrat · #10 06-01-2009, 04:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Jeromeo

All 17 HMR ammo is made by CCI so I don't think there is any difference except for tip colour.

Where did you hear that?

Jeromeo · #11 06-01-2009, 07:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Bushrat

Where did you hear that?

I believe that CCI produces most of the 17hmr ammo out there. I think I was wrong to say all but they do make the majority. CCI Ammunition loads all of the .17 HMR ammunition for the CCI, Federal Cartridge, Hornady, and Remington brands.
You can find the information here. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.17_HMR

wayne · #12 06-02-2009, 11:26 AM

Remington shot the best in my CZ with federal a close second. Winchester v-max gave the worst groups with the highest price. I use a boresnake every 15 to 20 rounds when accuracy starts to go downhill.

Dick284 · #13 06-02-2009, 06:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Jeromeo

I believe that CCI produces most of the 17hmr ammo out there. I think I was wrong to say all but they do make the majority. CCI Ammunition loads all of the .17 HMR ammunition for the CCI, Federal Cartridge, Hornady, and Remington brands.
You can find the information here. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.17_HMR

Then can you explain the dizzying variation in rifle to rifle performance of the different head stamped ammo?

Even if they are manufactured all under the same roof (which I doubt) there must be different criteria from brand to brand, how else would you get past the my rifle likes X and his rifle likes Y occurances.