17 hmr marlin

[Acegoesbang]

i have a marlin ss heavy barrel 17 and off bipod with 4x12x50 bushnell banner free floated barrel and i done a lil trigger work . shot a 2 1/2 in group at 250 yards is anyone else haveing good groups out of their 17 like that or did i just get a good one because my father bought marlin reg barrel and savage and cz and none of them will out group mine ... the closest was the cz and i seen a cooper for $1300.00 in the 17 how much better can a cooper shoot?!

[dfaugh]

Don't have personal experience with .17HMR, nor with the rifles you mention...

What I do know is that my (bone stock) Marlin model 60, in .22, will shoot 3/4" groups at 100 yards with Match ammo...So,in short, I think Marlin makes really outstandingly accurate guns for the money.

[Acegoesbang]

yeah i was really impressed with the lil bullet

[texfar]

I have a Marlin 917ss that routinely shoots those groups. I put in a Rifle Basix trigger, bedded it and mounted a redfield 6.5-20 Illuminator scope on it with BKL mounts. Get more power on your glass for this little guy and you will really be amazed what you can shoot with it. Aim small, shoot small. Some times I shoot off a Harris 25c Bipod, but most of the time off of my Varmint Al Bi-fur pod. I have shot out to 300 with it but at paper or grackles. Best 5 shot group is right at 3 inch at 300 prone off Sinclair rest and bag. Must be not a breath of air though because it is really affected by wind. Mine shoots best with the Hornady 20 gr. Gets boring a bit at 100 because it just keeps on knocking off dimes consistenty. Try flies on the target....more of a challange. Go to www.rimfirecentral.com ,click Marlin forum and get the low down on what everyone else is shooting. I post there too. Some will say that it doesn't have much knock down power, but with shot placement it makes up for it with the explosive round. Want meat from a kill.....shoot for the head period. Most fun gun I own.

[texfar]

Acegoesbang, by the way, the barrels are supplied by Green Mountain.

[Acegoesbang]

my 17 is marlin ss 17vs heavy barrel and well ILOVE IT

[IronBalls]

got a 917, ss gray laminate... wtc scope...
extremely fun, accurate like no other...
basix trigger, all else stock... groups inside a dime at 100yards

[nbkky71]

Here's a group (on the left) that I shot with my Marlin 917. Shot @ 100yds off a bipod w/ rear sandbag using Federal Premium 17gr ammo. The target was a SR1-C target. It measured just a hair over .4"

The T900 is trigger is kinda spongy. I'd replace it with a RifleBasix trigger.

http://home.carolina.rr.com/nbkky71/marlin/group.jpg

http://home.carolina.rr.com/nbkky71/marlin/marlin_2.jpg

[nbkky71]

double post...sorry

[duck911]

I have the same gun as the pic above and I can keep it on a prairie-dog all day at 175 yards. Sweet gun, great caliber!

[Acegoesbang]

is that a bsa 17 scope ?

[Acegoesbang]

275 steps actually 250-260 yards with a gust here and there of maybe 8mile hour

[Acegoesbang]

the larger x.s 3 bottome and to the left was with a remmington 788 bolt action 22-250 off hand it is not great but that target pretty small at that range:-)