My new (1st) rifle - Browning T-Bolt 17HMR

[Modena]

Yay I picked it up today and went straight to the range. It's a Browning T-Bolt left-hand 17HMR, synthetic stock and varmint version, which means it has the high comb and the heavy barrel. The synthetic T-Bolt has a spare mag carrier in the butt which is nice. The mags take 10 rounds and are a double helix design.

The scope is a Nikon Prostaff 4-12x40 BDC reticle.

I put 200 rounds through it and it's grouping nicely, 20mm at 50meters and really good at 100m also. I was having fun at the end picking off shotgun shells at 50M and broken clays at 150M and further - this thing sure is accurate.

The main ammo was CCI A17, fed beautifully through the fantastically engineered helix magazine. I also had 50 of a Federal hollow-point load which was accurate enough but would NOT feed in to the chamber from the mag, the tip was to low to enter the barrel, I had to load them manually one at a time. Live and learn I won't buy them again the CCI is super accurate enough for anyway.

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[Oldbloke]

Looks great. I dont mind the plastic stocks, very practical. Have fun.

[Gwion]

Yep, the t-bolt are quite a nice rifle to shoot. Mine is 22lr in wood varmint. A mate had a sporter in 17hmr. That was nice to shoot too, which is why i went for mine in left hand.

[juststarting]

Sexy!

[GLS_1956]

You're sorta making me reconsider a 17HMR.

[Carter]

I also had 50 of a Federal hollow-point load which was accurate enough but would NOT feed in to the chamber from the mag, the tip was to low to enter the barrel, I had to load them manually one at a time. Live and learn I won't buy them again the CCI is super accurate enough for anyway.

Pays to a try a few different ones, some won't work like the Federal but you'll find one that's a cracker