So I just read the article in OL on the .17 SuperMag. Do you think it's going to give some of these varmint rounds a run for their money like .223,.204, and .22-250? Price seems to be cheap, velocity sounds nice, and I really liked to hear about the resistance to wind that rounds like the .204 suffer with. Besides how you think it'll do, how much would you wanna pay for one of these rifles?
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So I just read the article in OL on the .17 SuperMag. Do you think it's going to give some of these varmint rounds a run for the
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-I do not see any caliber ever gaining as much popularity as the .223, but at the same time I would not be surprised if the .17WSM does. I can definitely see it overtaking the .22-250 in popularity and really putting a hurt on the .22Mag and the .17hmr(Say adios to the .17hmr).
-I think Savage(the first ones to release a rifle chambered in 17WSM), will charge around $1200(Pure guess) which is more than I am willing to spend until it can be proven by other people in the field.
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If it's marketed as a competitor with centerfires, it's not going to make it. Yes, the ballistics are nice...for a rimfire, but it's still nowhere near as good as the .223, .22-250, .243, .220, or .204 in terms of wind drift, flatness of trajectory, and terminal performance. The only thing it has on the small centerfires is price. It is actually quite similar ballistically to the .17 Remington (centerfire), but how many of those do you see around these days? The best future I can see for this round is that it might replace the .17 HMR.
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by FirstBubba......than take a COVID-19 shot.
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