Posted on 02/05/2015 12:42:57 PM PST by smokingfrog
Savage Arms went big at the 2015 SHOT Show by going small. In the process, the monolithic rifle manufacturer may have solved one of the trickier problems plaguing firearms design.
With the introduction of the A17 .17 HMR, the Massachusetts-based subsidiary of ATK looks to have produced a viable semiautomatic magnum rimfire. This is a feat other companies have attempted, but have fallen short.
Of course, cracking what has proven to be a tricky nut required some out-of-the-box thinking on Savage’s part. Where the company particularly broke with tradition is jettisoning the straight blowback action so common in rimfires for a delayed blowback system.
The company has outfitted the A17’s bolt with integrator lug that locks the bolt in place momentarily after a shot has been taken. It is just enough time to allow the majority of gases to disperse, thus allowing for the action to safely cycle without venting from the receiver. The design also keeps the breach block light, since it does not purely have to rely on weight to regulate the rifle’s cycling.
The A17 also utilizes a more robust construction to tackle the hotter rimfire rounds, of which the above video by the Kentucky Gun Company does a good job documenting . One of the most noticeable is the rifle’s burly action, which definitely appears robust enough to handled the extra pressure.
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10-22 magnum.
Like.
Yes, but how scarce will the ammunition be and how expensive?
I own 3 semi-auto 22 wmr, one of them is almost 50 years old and works like a charm still, (Kodiak) and two 10-22 semi-autos with the factory rotary 7 shot (I think) magazine.
Don’t know why they seem to think this is new or something.
Yeah. They just came out with a bolt gun that uses it. Same fugly stock design with the built-in polymer trigger guard.
Right now when you can find it it’s about $20 for a box of 50. I have several hundred rounds squirreled away but I still grab some of the Hornady when I come across it, just because.
I wonder if an AR upper couldn’t be made for the same money.
Doesn’t CZ make a semi-auto .22 Mag? Gun writers are paid-for hacks.
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>> “Rotary mag, very much like a 10-22.” <<
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Or the old “Tommy-Gun.”
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Are they gonna make a .22WMR? That would be most excellent IMO, 'specially with the Savage adjustable trigger and a 30 round magazine. And rails for an optic sight and maybe a light.
And a threaded barrel...
Just speaking for myself, mind you.
The original 10-22 used a 10 shot mag. (I have one with xtra mags)
With one in the chamber, it can fire eleven shots.
Well that blows. Seems like they sell stuff at a price point and find kinda squirrely ways of doing it sometimes, which is a shame. Lots of people really like their 110 action, for example, but they often use those uh, inexpensive stocks... ram-line or whatever...
Seems like I was at the CZ site just recently and saw a .22wmr auto.
Don’t most semi-auto .22 WMR guns have a reputation for being jam-o-matics?
I think Boyd’s makes a bunch of stocks for Savage. I’ve seen the 93R17 with a variety of wooden stocks, but I couldn’t find one at their (Boyd’s)site. The composite 93R17 retails for about $150, the thumbhole laminate for about $350. I’ve seen $500 setups at gunshows.
Looks like fun.
And MSRP is supposed to be somewhere below $500.
I think Savage can lay claim to the original rotary with the Model 99. The Johnson line of military weapons also used a rotary mag.
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