actually I don't own a 17 HMR... so it's not best for me
I do however love the 17 Mach 2 ( 22 LR necked to 17 caliber ) it's also a laser in my converted old Marlin bolt action, head shooting pidgins at 100 yards is not that difficult... wish those cartridges were as available as the HMR's... because I expected difficulties finding ammo, I bought 4 bricks of Mach 2's the day I finished my rifle... & at my house, the 17 Mach 2 has killed more "game" & varmints than all other rifles combined... MRS uses it to drop coons out of the trees the outside doggie runs them up, during the night... & he's quite good... one day he had 5 coons up the same small tree
however I'm a major reloader, so the rimfires just don't hold the same interest for me... so I also will not likely buy the new 17 "super" rimfire... but the 17 Hornady Hornet does hold my interest