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To: marktwain

.17 caliber?


2 posted on 02/14/2015 2:42:59 PM PST by Mmogamer (I refudiate the lamestream media, leftists and their prevaricutions.)
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A screaming little rimfire that’s necked down for a 17 cal spritzer. Looks like a miniature 223. Common varmint round. Deadly at social distances, and very very nasty beyond.


4 posted on 02/14/2015 2:46:42 PM PST by DesertRhino (I was standing with a rifle, waiting for soviet paratroopers, but communists just ran for office.)
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To: Mmogamer

Spitzer, I suppose you could have a spritzer after shooting the bandit.


6 posted on 02/14/2015 2:47:24 PM PST by DesertRhino (I was standing with a rifle, waiting for soviet paratroopers, but communists just ran for office.)
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To: Mmogamer

Is that not also an air rifle caliber?


7 posted on 02/14/2015 2:55:16 PM PST by 353FMG
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.17 caliber?....Yep. I bought one in 1963. I was sort of like a .22 with BB caps, but not as powerful. Bought it out of a magazine and learned how to shoot it like a gunslinger. No tin can in the neighbor hood was safe.


8 posted on 02/14/2015 3:03:16 PM PST by Safetgiver ( Islam makes barbarism look genteel.)
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To: Mmogamer

It’s an extremely high-velocity rimfire cartridge intended for varmint-hunting.


13 posted on 02/14/2015 3:18:05 PM PST by bandleader
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To: Mmogamer

I think it’s .17HMR (Hornady Magnum Rimfire) ....if it was a pellet rifle it’d be .177 so I’m thinking it’s the rifle.


16 posted on 02/14/2015 3:26:37 PM PST by SkyDancer (I Was Told Nobody Is Perfect But Yet, Here I Am ...)
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To: Mmogamer
.17 HMR, a rimfire cartridge derived from a necked down .22 Magnum.


17 posted on 02/14/2015 3:28:28 PM PST by Yo-Yo (Is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
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To: Mmogamer

Same caliber as most pump air rifles.


18 posted on 02/14/2015 3:32:53 PM PST by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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To: Mmogamer

17 HMR,little 20 grain bullet at about 2300fps or so.At close range it would inflict a huge wound.


21 posted on 02/14/2015 3:51:49 PM PST by Farmer Dean (stop worrying about what they want to do to you,start thinking about what you want to do to them)
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