where do i go from here?

[cassshantia 16]

hi all happy new year to you all ,

just a quick couple of questions for you pro's out there

as you are aware ive just got my set up complete and now i need

some guidence (posted on new set up page)

firstly at what range do i zero my rifle as ive heard 35 yrds 100

yrds?as i know these are extremely flat shooting

2nd how often to i need to clean my barrel

3rd also im using hornady 17grn blue tip as they were on offer

£8.50/50

is there a difference to the red tip in same grainage as im new to all this

any reponse very much appreciated

cheers gibbo

Edited January 5, 2010 by cassshantia

[FightTheBan 1,147]

I have found the .17 to be quite a dirty round, and mine needs cleanes about every 20 or so shots (not necessary but it does start to go slightly off).

I zero all my rifles in at 100 yds, its just whatever your comfortable with.

Cheers FTB

[bob.243 9,872]

Have a look at this, hope it helps

17hmr 17grn V.doc

[sako trg 1]

hi all happy new year to you all ,

just a quick couple of questions for you pro's out there

as you are aware ive just got my set up complete and now i need

some guidence (posted on new set up page)

firstly at what range do i zero my rifle as ive heard 35 yrds 100

yrds?as i know these are extremely flat shooting

2nd how often to i need to clean my barrel

3rd also im using hornady 17grn blue tip as they were on offer

£8.50/50

is there a difference to the red tip in same grainage as im new to all this

any reponse very much appreciated

cheers gibbo

I always set my rifles at 100yrd & always used red tip so cant comment on any others(if it aint broke dont fix it)but I always clean my rifles everytime Ive been out regardless of how many shots fired some will disagree with that statement but my guns always shoot as true as I fire them and its makes me feel better about them.be sure to break your barrel in properly if its brand new

[Deker 3,491]

hi all happy new year to you all ,

just a quick couple of questions for you pro's out there

as you are aware ive just got my set up complete and now i need

some guidence (posted on new set up page)

firstly at what range do i zero my rifle as ive heard 35 yrds 100

yrds?as i know these are extremely flat shooting

2nd how often to i need to clean my barrel

3rd also im using hornady 17grn blue tip as they were on offer

£8.50/50

is there a difference to the red tip in same grainage as im new to all this

any reponse very much appreciated

cheers gibbo

 

 

Flippen' ek, that looks like it weighs a ton, each to their own, I'm a tart and happy with light guns for field work....

 

I have CZ Silhouette HMR and it is zeroed to 100 yards, that is what I want, there are suggestions 125 is good, bottom line is you zero it where you need to!!

 

I tend to clean mine between about 20-150 shots, some say they NEVER clean them, not sure I'd be happy with that, but don't overdo it. The HMR has a TINY bore so take great care and do it properly! Bore snakes do not clean barrels, they just give them a once over until you can do the job properly!!

 

Mine loves the Hornady Red, but I too took advantage of the Blue, not found any difference "yet"

 

[halamrose 24]

Have a look at the trajectory chart here: http://varmintal.com/17hmr.htm you will see 35yds is in the same line as 125 yds. Zero it at any range you like and change it if you want later on.

Cant wait to get mine...

 

Halam

[cassshantia 16]

thanks for your comments much appreciated,the weight of the rifle

will be reduced when i get the sights zero'd(removing the bi pod) and get my eye in

as ive not had a rifle of any kind for some time now ,

the bi pod will then get transfered to my .243 when i purchase one

[danebrewer10 6]

AS far as i know there is no difference between red and blue tipped ammo, rumor has it that the blue tips are from the .17HM2 calibre, presumably they didn't sell as much of it as they expected and had a bunch of 17gn bullet heads lying about so they decided to put them on .17HMR!

 

zero@ 100m and shoot to 120m, I clean my rifle after every outing, as it's the same as a CF rifle, with a copper jacket so there'll be residues of copper in the barrel what will degrade accuracy, use a copper solvent which doubles as a powder solvent, i use Pro Shot Copper Solvent IV, and that works fine

[Deker 3,491]

AS far as i know there is no difference between red and blue tipped ammo, rumor has it that the blue tips are from the .17HM2 calibre, presumably they didn't sell as much of it as they expected and had a bunch of 17gn bullet heads lying about so they decided to put them on .17HMR!

 

zero@ 100m and shoot to 120m, I clean my rifle after every outing, as it's the same as a CF rifle, with a copper jacket so there'll be residues of copper in the barrel what will degrade accuracy, use a copper solvent which doubles as a powder solvent, i use Pro Shot Copper Solvent IV, and that works fine

 

That's what I have heard and it does seem to make an element of sense...even though Hornady deny it.

 

The official reason as spouted off by Hornady sales people is, they put the wrong die in the vat when making a few million inserts.....

 

If you believe that one then you're :crazy: :crazy: