Picked up another 17hmr

[Purebred Redneck]

I've been looking to swap out my heavy behemoth Marlin 917v bull barrel chunky wood stock for a lightweight sporter



I found a Marlin 917 on Gunbroker that looked like it was in pretty good shape. So that came in at $235 when it's all said and done.

Condition wise, it's basically brand new. The magazine doesn't attach right (I think someone bent the release lever) but it should be a pretty easy fix.

I'm going to take the Rifle Basix trigger out of my other 917 and put it in the new gun. I'll take the old scope and put it on the new gun. As long as the groups are acceptable, I'll probably put the big target rifle on the market.

[dovehunter]

Hope it shoots well for you. The big, heavy rifles are great when you are sitting at a rest looking for groundhogs but they are a pain to have to carry around. Even my .223 Handi-Rifle is heavy, weighing in at around 9 lbs or so with the scope. My Savage .22 wmr, on the other hand, is light and handy and is no problem to carry around (though I can't do much carrying these days with my spinal stenosis). I find myself using the Savage more and more these days for groundhogs since it is accurate out to 150-175 yds.

[Purebred Redneck]

This isn't too bad to carry, I'd say it's about 8 pounds. The main problem is twofold
1. 8 pounds is a lot to shoulder for several minutes waiting for squirrels to quit moving.
2. The wood stock version does not have a palm swell so your hand doesn't fit right unless you have bearpaws

Even with the moderately heavy scope I have, 17 ounces, it should bring the total weight down to 7 pounds. I've been eying an $80 Simmons scope that weighs 12oz (4-14x if I remember right) so that would take it down to about 6 1/2. Can't beat that.