You had a lot of wind to deal with. When I got my Savage 17hmr, I used the Hornady 17gr V-max and it consistently put 5 shots inside a nickle at 100 yards. With accuracy like that, I never bothered to try anything else.
John. Thanks for taking a look and commenting. Great shooting, if I could put five shots in a nickel, I would never change ammo. Thanks again and take care.
@vinago100. Thanks. I appreciate your viewing and commenting. I hope this video was of some value to you and looks like you will be having a lot of fun shooting coming up! Thanks again and take care.
Fls360. Thanks. I appreciate your viewing and commenting. I agree, it is hard to beat CCI ammos. I think my shooting could have been a bit better, but it is always fun shooting the .17's. Thanks again and take care. We'll do it again in 23' (that is if it every quits raining and warms up just a bit!)
I never had good luck with browning ammo in any of my rimfire rifles but it sure is a pretty box of ammo. My 93r17 prefers the cci 20gr fmj as well. It is the only ammo mine gets moa groups with. Thanks for the video.
Billy Bob. Thanks. I appreciate your viewing and commenting. Sounds like you are doing some pretty good shooting with your 93R17. It is a fun gun to shoot. Thank you again and take care.
I use the CCI V-max varmint 17 grain load in my savage 93r17 I too had complications with the magazine not feeding accurately and almost every shot the end of the casing where the bullet is at the casing has a 1/8” split on them. Has anyone experienced this? I have heard that it is due to the age of the ammo from 5 years or more. My ammo is almost the 5 years mark so I’m going to buy more ammo that has a closer date to see if the information is accurate
Thanks for the test. I somehow managed a 4" group from mine at 400 yards in a long range video I did, but mine has pretty much always shot moa or better groups with CCI/Hornady
Guns&Cars. Thanks. I appreciate you taking a look. Shooting a 4" group at 400 yards, that is truly amazing. Great shooting! Thanks for sharing. Also, thanks again and take care.
Have you ever thought about adding a suppressor to the rifle, in some cases it can make the rifle more accurate, however it did look like a windy day for you, good vid Cheers.
@flatcapratter. Thanks. I appreciate your viewing and commenting. It would be nice to have a suppressor but I'm old and not investing in much new gun stuff, I think I need to do a better job of getting out and shooting the guns I have, but thanks. I tend to go shooting when it is warmer and thus, I'm usually dealing with a South wind. Thanks again and take care.
Scott Hillbilly. Thanks Much! I agree, I wish I could shoot that #9 like that all the time. I was a bit disappointed that I did not do better with some of the other ammos. On another note, my .44 mag bullets arrived today. I think I have everything I need now except the main item, the RCBS press, still in the mail. Thanks again and take care.
Mrsmel269. Thanks. It was a really nice day, not sure when we will see another one of those. Thanks again and you enjoy this evening as well. Take care.
Good shooting out there! Your 17 is pretty darn accurate. Except for that browning ammo. I don't know why they put their name on such crappy ammo. Remington was a surprise for me too, that shot great! I've never tried the green 17.
TOFD G. Thanks. I appreciate your taking a look and commenting. I have had poor performance out of several Browning ammo now. I was surprised with the Remington as well. I think my scope was drifting a bit, after checking it to see if it was loose, (it was not) I replaced it with another not so expensive scope for the next time. Thanks again and take care.
My Ruger American predator shoots the federal speer the best. About .5” at 50 yards. Also, I always enjoy your videos and you seem like a super nice guy!
IMO: Either this proves that .17's are hyper-sensitive to a dirty barrel OR this scope was brand new & hadn't settled-in yet (most likely since everything drifted to starboard). Excellent video!
N C. Thanks for taking a look and commenting. With me doing the shooting it might be a bit hard to tell what exactly was going on. Plus, I'm not sure about the scope it had been a while since I last shot the .17, but it is fun to shoot. Thanks again and take care.
Wow, I’ve been hunting, but especially shooting for over 55 years sometimes competing on the range. But I don’t know if I or my shooting friends ever laughed so hard at a shooting comment as, ‘the scope hadn’t settled in yet’. Unbelievable, if you or anyone has a scope that “has to settle in” you better return it to the store and get your money back. I don’t care if it’s the most expensive, top of the line scope in the world! If it moves, it’s bad, PERIOD!!! NEVER EVER, in the hundreds of times using different scopes with people on the range, have I, or EVERYONE I shoot with, ever, ever heard that one!! I just don’t, and never ever will understand how that comment EVER got said! If anyone thinks that a scope has to settle in, ever think that it’s the shooter, behind the gun, pulling the trigger that has to “settle” in? I’m sorry, that statement is unbelievable and so funny!! To add to that, if you think it has to settle in, please tell how many shots it takes to settle in a scope so the next gun/scope I buy I will shoot that a minimum of times, that you say it needs to be shot, so when I see that deer I will not miss. SORRY!😅😂🤣
Pekolucky. Thanks again. I appreciate you watching and commenting. That .17 is just fun to shoot and those rounds are moving on pretty well. A good friend of mine, Jim used his .17 HMR for groundhog control, and it did the job very well. Thanks again and stay safe.
@@bobcatforever3485 I like that rifle rest you are using. At my age (83) I'm having difficulty bending over far enough to line up the sights! Can you share some info on it and how comfortable it is for you?
@@pekolucky That rifle rest is a Caldwell Lead Sled. It is fairly heavy and tends to hold a rifle pretty well plus you can add weight on the tray at the bottom if you desire. If shooting off a bench it does raise the gun up a bit. I am a few years behind you, but always great to get out shooting. Take care.
It looks as though the wind picks up towards the end of your video. I noticed it was blowing from left to right from your one loose paper target earlier in the video. I would assume it was wind drift causing your shots to go right. Great vid all the same with a good selection of ammo.
Thanks for viewing and commenting. Sometimes when it is a nice warm day, we get winds from the South (left to right facing the target), if it's a normal day the wind generally comes from the West directly into the shooters face. I expect those light bullets might move around a bit in the wind. Thanks again, take care and have Merry Christmas and Happy New year.
I’m seeing a few red flags that probably impacted your results. Cheap no-name rifle scope that I’ve never heard of before. Windy conditions. No cleaning/cooling of barrel. Rapid fire shooting for groups (+/- 30 seconds per 5 shot group start to finish). Not the best shooting form (lots of movements, poor/no cheek weld, snappy trigger pulls, awkward body posture/alignment with the rifle/lead sled). Love the premise though, it’s nice to see what’s all available out there to feed our rimfire 17’s 👍🏻
Michael. Thanks. I appreciate you taking a look. I have probably not shot my Savage enough yet to say for sure which ammo it really likes. But it sure is fun to shoot. Thanks again and take care.
@Albert. Thanks for taking a look and commenting. I will have to work on that, but it might be hard to cleanup my 80 years of bad habits. lol. Thanks again and take care.
@bobcatforever3485 your cci vmax were grouping pretty well. I might try it out with my new marlin 17 hmr bolt action to see if it likes it. Thank you for doing your ammo testing. 👍🏻
@@AlbertTsosie Albert. Thanks again. I hope the vmax works out well in your marlin. I should be shooting the .17's again but probably not until Spring. Thanks much!
You know a lot of times when you're shooting no matter if it's rim fire center fire Different ammo groups differently and most of the time it has nothing to do with your scope you might be sighted in Bullseye with 1 ammo shoot another ammo it might have a 1/2 inch group itself 4" away from Bullseye You just never know Guns are like people not everyone is the same one gun mot like 100 grain bulletsame gun same caliber might do better with 85 grain bullets Just something for you to rememnext time you shoot ammo and it's not in the Bullseye but has a good group that it's the ammo itself Another thing to add when the barrel gets really hot Your group size will walk all over the place
Jeremy. Thanks. I appreciate your viewing and the incite of your comment. I did do a fair amount of shooting, so I expect that the barrel did warm up a bit the longer I was shooting. The groups did seem to drift off to the right the longer I was shooting. Thanks, again I really appreciate your comment. Take care and have a great evening.
appreciate you showing all these different ammo. if i can make a suggestion? I think the comb on your stock is to low for using a scope so I am sure if you added some height so you can rest your cheek hard on the comb your groups will improve by a huge amount. enjoyed the video.
Bazzinator7477. Thanks for viewing and I appreciate the comment. That is one of the issues that I tend to have with several of my guns. I can't get my cheek on the stock like I should, so my head is kind of floating. Thanks for the input. And thanks again for viewing and take care.
@@bobcatforever3485 the expensive fix is a new stock but there are after market strap-on pads you can get, also just to test you could try duct taping a chunk of foam rubber on top just to see if it helps. Good luck
@xforxce708. Thanks for viewing and commenting. It could have been a little bit of the barrel heating up (did not leave much time for it to cool down) or it could have just been me! I am not a particularly great shoot but do have a lot of fun shooting. Thanks again and take care.
Bill. Thanks for taking a look and commenting. Sad to say but at least half the time I go shooting I'm dealing with too much wind. I tend to go shooting on the warmer days and that is when we get a stronger south wind. Thanks again and take care.
@@bobcatforever3485 all i could think is how much the wind is making the accuracy of this test an issue. at 25 or 50 yards not much but at 100 its gotta affect it. let me know if you find a calm day and wanna try an early morning test when the winds down. cheers,
@@billdolan7442 Bill Thanks. I will have to find a calm day to do the .17's again. I expect that will be a while as the weather here does a lot of changing during the spring. The little shooting I have been doing lately has been mostly handguns where I can stay a bit closer to the main road to keep from getting stuck in the mud. Thanks again, I appreciate your comments and take care.
I’m not an expert marksman but I’ve had two savage 17hmr rifles and they both shot much better than that. Maybe you could get some better groups if you’d maintain your cheek weld a little longer instead of racking another round so fast after every shot.
Thanks. I appreciate your viewing and commenting. I defiantly have some work to do with my shooting. I don't get position correctly and then I move around too much as well. Thanks again and take care.
You had a lot of wind to deal with. When I got my Savage 17hmr, I used the Hornady 17gr V-max and it consistently put 5 shots inside a nickle at 100 yards. With accuracy like that, I never bothered to try anything else.
John. Thanks for taking a look and commenting. Great shooting, if I could put five shots in a nickel, I would never change ammo. Thanks again and take care.
I came here to justify my purchase of 750 rounds of CCI 17gr V-Max (lol). I think I made a good choice. Thanks for uploading this video!
@vinago100. Thanks. I appreciate your viewing and commenting. I hope this video was of some value to you and looks like you will be having a lot of fun shooting coming up! Thanks again and take care.
I love me some .17 HMR action. Thanks for the video.
Buffalo. Thanks. The .17's are just fun to shoot, fast but not painful. Thanks again. Take care.
Great info your sharing. It took me many moons to find which ammo to use in both my 17's. Best Groups were from the CCI 17A ammo. Great shooting BC!
Fls360. Thanks. I appreciate your viewing and commenting. I agree, it is hard to beat CCI ammos. I think my shooting could have been a bit better, but it is always fun shooting the .17's. Thanks again and take care. We'll do it again in 23' (that is if it every quits raining and warms up just a bit!)
I can tell you're having a great time because you look like you're smiling the entire time!!
Thanks Much. My shooting is not always that great, but none the less it is always fun. Thanks again and take care.
I never had good luck with browning ammo in any of my rimfire rifles but it sure is a pretty box of ammo. My 93r17 prefers the cci 20gr fmj as well. It is the only ammo mine gets moa groups with. Thanks for the video.
Billy Bob. Thanks. I appreciate your viewing and commenting. Sounds like you are doing some pretty good shooting with your 93R17. It is a fun gun to shoot. Thank you again and take care.
Total agreement on the 20 grain ammo.
I use the CCI V-max varmint 17 grain load in my savage 93r17 I too had complications with the magazine not feeding accurately and almost every shot the end of the casing where the bullet is at the casing has a 1/8” split on them. Has anyone experienced this? I have heard that it is due to the age of the ammo from 5 years or more. My ammo is almost the 5 years mark so I’m going to buy more ammo that has a closer date to see if the information is accurate
Great ammo tests Bobcat.
Dave. Thanks, I appreciate your taking a look. Thanks again and take care.
Thanks for the test. I somehow managed a 4" group from mine at 400 yards in a long range video I did, but mine has pretty much always shot moa or better groups with CCI/Hornady
Guns&Cars. Thanks. I appreciate you taking a look. Shooting a 4" group at 400 yards, that is truly amazing. Great shooting! Thanks for sharing. Also, thanks again and take care.
Have you ever thought about adding a suppressor to the rifle, in some cases it can make the rifle more accurate, however it did look like a windy day for you, good vid Cheers.
@flatcapratter. Thanks. I appreciate your viewing and commenting. It would be nice to have a suppressor but I'm old and not investing in much new gun stuff, I think I need to do a better job of getting out and shooting the guns I have, but thanks. I tend to go shooting when it is warmer and thus, I'm usually dealing with a South wind. Thanks again and take care.
Great on different ammos. Number 9 was awesome just right a little. Great job and fun. Take care
Scott Hillbilly. Thanks Much! I agree, I wish I could shoot that #9 like that all the time. I was a bit disappointed that I did not do better with some of the other ammos. On another note, my .44 mag bullets arrived today. I think I have everything I need now except the main item, the RCBS press, still in the mail. Thanks again and take care.
great day on the range Bobcat!! enjoy the rest of the night
Mrsmel269. Thanks. It was a really nice day, not sure when we will see another one of those. Thanks again and you enjoy this evening as well. Take care.
Great video, I love testing ammo.
Lance. Thanks. I appreciate your taking a look and commenting. Hope you have a great day. Take care.
Looks Like a great Range Day Thanks for sharing Boy Miss my 17.👍🏻👍🏻🍺
No Pro. Thanks. That was a fun day, but the shooting was a bit so so. Thanks again and take care.
Good shooting out there! Your 17 is pretty darn accurate. Except for that browning ammo. I don't know why they put their name on such crappy ammo. Remington was a surprise for me too, that shot great! I've never tried the green 17.
TOFD G. Thanks. I appreciate your taking a look and commenting. I have had poor performance out of several Browning ammo now. I was surprised with the Remington as well. I think my scope was drifting a bit, after checking it to see if it was loose, (it was not) I replaced it with another not so expensive scope for the next time. Thanks again and take care.
My Ruger American predator shoots the federal speer the best. About .5” at 50 yards. Also, I always enjoy your videos and you seem like a super nice guy!
IMO: Either this proves that .17's are hyper-sensitive to a dirty barrel OR this scope was brand new & hadn't settled-in yet (most likely since everything drifted to starboard). Excellent video!
N C. Thanks for taking a look and commenting. With me doing the shooting it might be a bit hard to tell what exactly was going on. Plus, I'm not sure about the scope it had been a while since I last shot the .17, but it is fun to shoot. Thanks again and take care.
Wow, I’ve been hunting, but especially shooting for over 55 years sometimes competing on the range. But I don’t know if I or my shooting friends ever laughed so hard at a shooting comment as, ‘the scope hadn’t settled in yet’. Unbelievable, if you or anyone has a scope that “has to settle in” you better return it to the store and get your money back. I don’t care if it’s the most expensive, top of the line scope in the world! If it moves, it’s bad, PERIOD!!! NEVER EVER, in the hundreds of times using different scopes with people on the range, have I, or EVERYONE I shoot with, ever, ever heard that one!! I just don’t, and never ever will understand how that comment EVER got said! If anyone thinks that a scope has to settle in, ever think that it’s the shooter, behind the gun, pulling the trigger that has to “settle” in? I’m sorry, that statement is unbelievable and so funny!! To add to that, if you think it has to settle in, please tell how many shots it takes to settle in a scope so the next gun/scope I buy I will shoot that a minimum of times, that you say it needs to be shot, so when I see that deer I will not miss. SORRY!😅😂🤣
Lighten up bud. It was said tongue in cheek. Dang!
Great grouping test
Marshall. Thanks. I appreciate your viewing and commenting. Take care.
Nice shooting at 100 yds Bobcat, and with serious wind. Good groups on every target!
Pekolucky. Thanks again. I appreciate you watching and commenting. That .17 is just fun to shoot and those rounds are moving on pretty well. A good friend of mine, Jim used his .17 HMR for groundhog control, and it did the job very well. Thanks again and stay safe.
@@bobcatforever3485 I like that rifle rest you are using. At my age (83) I'm having difficulty bending over far enough to line up the sights! Can you share some info on it and how comfortable it is for you?
@@pekolucky That rifle rest is a Caldwell Lead Sled. It is fairly heavy and tends to hold a rifle pretty well plus you can add weight on the tray at the bottom if you desire. If shooting off a bench it does raise the gun up a bit. I am a few years behind you, but always great to get out shooting. Take care.
@@bobcatforever3485 Thanks for the info Bobcat. As an oldtimer, shooting has become one of my favorite activities.
@@pekolucky Thanks, same for me.
It looks as though the wind picks up towards the end of your video. I noticed it was blowing from left to right from your one loose paper target earlier in the video. I would assume it was wind drift causing your shots to go right. Great vid all the same with a good selection of ammo.
Thanks for viewing and commenting. Sometimes when it is a nice warm day, we get winds from the South (left to right facing the target), if it's a normal day the wind generally comes from the West directly into the shooters face. I expect those light bullets might move around a bit in the wind. Thanks again, take care and have Merry Christmas and Happy New year.
Browning needs to get out of the ammo buisness they are embarasing themselves. I bought 3 bricks of .22 that will barely fit in my single six cylinder
Rangerdanger766. Thanks for viewing and commenting. I appreciate you sharing your experience with Browning ammo. Thanks again and take care.
I’m seeing a few red flags that probably impacted your results. Cheap no-name rifle scope that I’ve never heard of before. Windy conditions. No cleaning/cooling of barrel. Rapid fire shooting for groups (+/- 30 seconds per 5 shot group start to finish). Not the best shooting form (lots of movements, poor/no cheek weld, snappy trigger pulls, awkward body posture/alignment with the rifle/lead sled).
Love the premise though, it’s nice to see what’s all available out there to feed our rimfire 17’s 👍🏻
Daniel. Thanks for taking a look and commenting. You are correct. But it was fun! Thanks again and take care.
My Marlin likes the Hornady ammo.
Michael. Thanks. I appreciate you taking a look. I have probably not shot my Savage enough yet to say for sure which ammo it really likes. But it sure is fun to shoot. Thanks again and take care.
Sounded like the wind was blowing hard!
Dennis. Thanks for taking a look and commenting. Seems to happen every time I go shooting. Thanks again and take care.
thanks for the video!
Nick. Thank you. I appreciate your viewing and commenting. Take care.
Your trigger finger is somewhat high. I would lower it down to at least 1/4 inch.
@Albert. Thanks for taking a look and commenting. I will have to work on that, but it might be hard to cleanup my 80 years of bad habits. lol. Thanks again and take care.
@bobcatforever3485 your cci vmax were grouping pretty well. I might try it out with my new marlin 17 hmr bolt action to see if it likes it. Thank you for doing your ammo testing. 👍🏻
@@AlbertTsosie Albert. Thanks again. I hope the vmax works out well in your marlin. I should be shooting the .17's again but probably not until Spring. Thanks much!
You know a lot of times when you're shooting no matter if it's rim fire center fire Different ammo groups differently and most of the time it has nothing to do with your scope you might be sighted in Bullseye with 1 ammo shoot another ammo it might have a 1/2 inch group itself 4" away from Bullseye You just never know Guns are like people not everyone is the same one gun mot like 100 grain bulletsame gun same caliber might do better with 85 grain bullets Just something for you to rememnext time you shoot ammo and it's not in the Bullseye but has a good group that it's the ammo itself Another thing to add when the barrel gets really hot Your group size will walk all over the place
Jeremy. Thanks. I appreciate your viewing and the incite of your comment. I did do a fair amount of shooting, so I expect that the barrel did warm up a bit the longer I was shooting. The groups did seem to drift off to the right the longer I was shooting. Thanks, again I really appreciate your comment. Take care and have a great evening.
Use a period every now and then. Nobody has time to try and figure out what the hell you're trying to say. ?, " ; : ! - .
appreciate you showing all these different ammo. if i can make a suggestion? I think the comb on your stock is to low for using a scope so I am sure if you added some height so you can rest your cheek hard on the comb your groups will improve by a huge amount. enjoyed the video.
Bazzinator7477. Thanks for viewing and I appreciate the comment. That is one of the issues that I tend to have with several of my guns. I can't get my cheek on the stock like I should, so my head is kind of floating. Thanks for the input. And thanks again for viewing and take care.
@@bobcatforever3485 the expensive fix is a new stock but there are after market strap-on pads you can get, also just to test you could try duct taping a chunk of foam rubber on top just to see if it helps. Good luck
@@bazzinator7477 Thanks much for the suggestions. Thanks again and take care.
Without some wind flags it’s hard to know why you drifted right. Maybe wind, maybe heat in barrel, maybe getting dirty.
@xforxce708. Thanks for viewing and commenting. It could have been a little bit of the barrel heating up (did not leave much time for it to cool down) or it could have just been me! I am not a particularly great shoot but do have a lot of fun shooting. Thanks again and take care.
could u have picked a windier day?
Bill. Thanks for taking a look and commenting. Sad to say but at least half the time I go shooting I'm dealing with too much wind. I tend to go shooting on the warmer days and that is when we get a stronger south wind. Thanks again and take care.
@@bobcatforever3485 all i could think is how much the wind is making the accuracy of this test an issue. at 25 or 50 yards not much but at 100 its gotta affect it. let me know if you find a calm day and wanna try an early morning test when the winds down. cheers,
@@billdolan7442 Bill Thanks. I will have to find a calm day to do the .17's again. I expect that will be a while as the weather here does a lot of changing during the spring. The little shooting I have been doing lately has been mostly handguns where I can stay a bit closer to the main road to keep from getting stuck in the mud. Thanks again, I appreciate your comments and take care.
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James. Thank You, I appreciate your taking a look. Take care.
I’m not an expert marksman but I’ve had two savage 17hmr rifles and they both shot much better than that. Maybe you could get some better groups if you’d maintain your cheek weld a little longer instead of racking another round so fast after every shot.
Thanks. I appreciate your viewing and commenting. I defiantly have some work to do with my shooting. I don't get position correctly and then I move around too much as well. Thanks again and take care.
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Dan. Thanks for taking a look. I agree, should have done that. Thanks again and take care.
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Joseph. Thank you. Take care.
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Dragonrider385. Thanks Much! You take care.
Too bad there are no rimfire cases ready to use for reload yourself, because commercial ammunition lacks accuracy.
Try some cci A17
John. Thanks for taking a look and for your suggesting. I should do that. Thanks again and take care.
Bc your rifle barrel is to hot this guys I don't think he ever knows
U need to let the rifle cool frist before shooting again
Thanks for viewing and commenting. You're probably right, I should have let the gun cool down between the various ammos. Thanks again and take care.