Reviews For Marlin 17VS Bolt Action Rifle - 17 HMR, 22" Heavy Barrel, Stainless, Wood Grip, Right Hand, 7rd capacity, Drilled & Tapped, Scope Bases included

By sixscrews
Review Date: 09/18/2009
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This is my all time favorite rifle - accurate, easy to point and hard hitting for its size. I use it on varmints around my Wisconsin farm - raccoons, coyotes, feral cats, woodchucks, possums, ground squirrels - anything that annoys me - and for cottontails in the fall. It is significantly more accurate than any .22 I have ever fired and the v-shock ammo I use gives a clean kill - none of that chasing a wounded animal through the woods - you hit a varmint with this rifle and it doesn''t run away. I give it four instead of five stars due to the magazine - it does not register correctly with the action and will mis-feed a round at times. Nothing my local gunsmith can''t fix, I''m sure, but I just haven''t gotten around to taking it to him ]in three years of shooting....[. I bought mine mounted with a used scope - a mid-range 1.8-8 x Bushnell - and have it sighted in at 100 feet. Nice for plinking, too - fill an aluminum soda/beer can with water, set it out at 100 feet and have fun. A little pricey compared to a .22, but the parts sure do fly... sixscrews

By jd
Review Date: 11/04/2008
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extreamly accurate - 10 almost hole in hole at 100m