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.17 HMR
Jun 19, 2007 18:31:01 GMT -5
Post by ozark on Jun 19, 2007 18:31:01 GMT -5
Yes I did compare and the difference is not obvious. The new one has a little different bite angle that seats behind the rim and appeared to have a bit more spring tension. Otherwise it is just that one works fine and the other works part of the time.
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.17 HMR
Jun 24, 2007 14:01:00 GMT -5
Post by ozark on Jun 24, 2007 14:01:00 GMT -5
Back to failing to extract. After giving careful consideration to this I think and hope that it is a magazine problem. I will be changing magazines and trying to figure out what, if anything, is wrong with the other one. Will report back later. It is getting aggrivating and I dislike having to remove the full magazine each time I experience a failure to extract. Which is at least 50 percent of the time now.
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.17 HMR
Jun 24, 2007 16:16:43 GMT -5
Post by ozark on Jun 24, 2007 16:16:43 GMT -5
Solution found: The lip of the magazine protruded up enough to interfere with extracting the empty cartridge case. Ground it off a few thousands to provide clearance and shot twelve times without a flaw. I then tried two of the extra magazines and they were fine. It is a Marlin so if you have this problem it is an easy fix. After you find it that is. LOL
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.17 HMR
Jun 26, 2007 14:36:12 GMT -5
Post by whyohe on Jun 26, 2007 14:36:12 GMT -5
glad you found your problem AT LAST!!! but sorry you had to go threw all that. maybe call marlin back and tell them what you found and they will give you some new mags for free or something.
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.17 HMR
Jul 4, 2007 20:07:03 GMT -5
Post by ozark on Jul 4, 2007 20:07:03 GMT -5
It is a fun and effective little cartridge. It has been a surprise to me how this has done away with my use of the .22 Mag. and other rim fire cartridges. Although the effective range is somewhere around 150 yards it is flat shooting and mine is very accurate. Since recoil is practally zero accurate head shots are an option to good shooters and nothing from black bear on down can survive a brain shot. I have taken crows out past 150 yards holding dead on with the rifle zeroed at 100 yards. A little more expensive to shoot than the .22 Long rifle but well worth the difference. Overall I prefer it here in the hill country to the popular varmint rifles like the 222, 223, and 22.250. I shoot the Winchester .17 Grain V-max cartridge. Being handicapped I often sit in one of my hunting huts for hours at a time reading, snacking and keeping a lookout for pests and varmits that I want eliminated. The .17 Cal. Marlin with a quality scope and basix trigger is always within reach. I would not be happy parting with it. I thing anyone interested in taking pests and varmits would be pleased to add this rifle to whatever you have now.
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