Posts Tagged ‘.17 HMR Rifles’

Henry Rifles Offers Beautiful Free Catalog

Tuesday, July 20th, 2010
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Henry Rifles - Beautiful Free Catalog

You’ve probably heard of Henry Rifles. They’ve been around since 1862 making some of the finest, smoothest lever action rifles in the industry.  But they haven’t rested on their laurels!  They continue to turn out product after product that is award winning and finely tuned.

We’re proud to feature Henry Rifles as our primary site sponsor. They have continued to faithfully support us to bring you some great content and the love of ground squirrel and varmint hunting.

Henry puts out a beautiful catalog of their products. In it you’ll read the colorful history of the company and the details of all their rifles and accessories that they sell.  Big, two-page spreads with detailed photos of all their rifles – from the original lever actions in all calibers to the Henry Big Boy, Golden Boy series, Frontier series, and all the bolt action series.  They even have the U.S. Survival AR-7 .22 LR that is really handy.

But don’t forget about the Henry Varmint Express .17 HMR.  One of the hotest, sweetest, smoothest lever action .17 HMR, squirrel-killin’ machines around. I’m just about to order mine.

I urge you to get the catalog. It’s free.  And it’s tempting.  As a visitor to this website, Henry will gladly send one out to you.  Henry sponsors us because they know our readers enjoy hunting, shooting and fine guns.

Some of the Henry Rifles collection

Click to get your catalog of these fine Henry Rifles.

So – do it now.  Click HERE to get your catalog.

Even if you never buy a Henry, you’ll want to keep this catalog around to read and to refer to.  It’s a genuine piece of American history.  History that seems to be fading daily.

–flatlander

BSA Sweet 17 3-12 x 40 Riflescope On Sale

Monday, July 12th, 2010

You’ll probably want to move pretty quickly on this…

We mentioned in an earlier post that the BSA Sweet 17 3-12×40 Scope is on sale at Cabelas for only $64.99 (normally sell for about $129).  For this kind of money you really can’t go wrong!

The BSA Sweet 17 is specifically designed for the .17 HMR and is calibrated and optimized for .17 HMR compensation.

I’m using one on a new Savage .17 HMR that I’m building up now.

I suggest you get yours pretty quick if you’re thinking about it.  They’ve been on sale for over a week now and the price is too sweet to pass up!

Click here: BSA Sweet 17 or on the picture below to make sure the Sweet 17 3-12 x 40 is still on sale.

BSA Sweet 17 3-12x40 Riflescope

BSA Sweet 17 3-12 x 40 Riflescope On Sale 64.99

Squirrel Hunting – .17 HMR vs Ground Squirrels

Sunday, July 11th, 2010

235 +/- squirrels less on the farm..

Rifle:  Ruger 77/17

Scope: Tasco World Class Scope (6x-24x-44mm)

Ammo: Hornady .17 HMR ballistic tip

This was taken over a two day period where the problem was not solved completely, but certainly addressed… The dead land in the film use to be rows of trees, and the piles of limb and branches in the video are whats left of the trees. The green is the neighboring alfalfa which they are severely threatening…

Savage .17 HMR – BSA Sweet 17 3-12 x 40 Rifle Scope (on sale)

Wednesday, July 7th, 2010

It’s time to build up a new rifle to share with my kids (uh, yeah honey, it’s for the kids :>).

I’m waiting for the Savage .17 HMR to go on sale at my local stores or Cabelas.   I picked the Savage .17 HMR due to the cost/performance/accuracy and overall value.  It’s really hard to beat.

I found the BSA Sweet 17  3-12 x 40 scope on sale at Cabelas online for $49.95 (hurry – there’s still some left). This scope is normally $129 – $149. I know the BSA Sweet 17 isn’t preferred by a few marksmen but I have found it to be very adequate for 100 – 150 yds for varmints.

I’ll keep this rig in my truck when traveling around the back roads in rural Nebraska. There’s plenty of opportunities here, especially in the West.

Oh – gotta put a camera mount on it, too. I wanna share the fun through recording videos (only the hits, of course!).

Stay tuned….I’ll post the build up as I go.

Shoot straight – stay safe.

We Need A Few Good Squirrel Hunters

Thursday, March 4th, 2010

I’m running a little experiment on Digg to see if we can pick up some new members in the squirrel hunting forum. While you’re on the site, can you click this link and give shootingsquirrels.com a thumbs up on Digg?
http://digg.com/other_sports/ShootingSquirrels_com

If we all give it a thumbs up, then when new hunters come to read the site, including this post, they might wander over to the forums and give us some new blood….

17 HMR Squirrel Shooting Video

Thursday, January 14th, 2010

I finally broke down and spent the day going through dvd’s from last year’s squirrel shooting trips. I didn’t try to do anything artistic with this video, but it does quell the basic need for seeing squirrels getting whacked… I’ll try to get up some more videos in the next week or two, so check back.

All of these squirrels were shot using my Savage 17hmr accutrigger, with Hornady 17gr ballistic tip bullets. On a side note, there’s nothing like having a video camera mounted on your rifle to show you when you jerk the trigger.

Prairie Dog Hunting Video

Monday, November 30th, 2009

I love watching what .223′s and .22-250′s do to Prairie Dogs. I have a couple of friends who live in Montana, and I really need to get over there and shoot some P Dogs with my Bushmaster .223 next year. The sound of a .223 ballistic tip hitting a dog has got to be way more satisfying than the sound of a .17HMR hitting a ground squirrel…. (OK, I’m pretty sure that I don’t really believe that. I’m sure that both sounds are VERY satisfying. LOL)

Sako Quad in 17HMR and a Rabbit

Wednesday, September 16th, 2009

Quick little video of a rabbit getting shot by a 17 HMR Sako. the 17HMR is one of the best small game rifles made, and can take a rabbit or squirrel out to 165 yards with just a few inches of drop from zero. The ideal sighting range for a 17 HMR is 85 yards, which puts a 17 grain ballistic tip bullet at plus or minus .75 of an inch between 35 yards and 135 yards. That lets put the cross hairs directly on the rabbit or squirrel, and be off by less than an inch.