The 17 XP series of bolt action rifles helps heighten the fun of rimfire shooting while maintaining the Savage Arms standards of meticulous crafting with a balance of modern, high-tech methods and old-world hand craftsmanship. The GVXP includes the built-in adjustability and safety of the AccuTrigger, which provides a crisp, clean trigger pull, enhancing accuracy. This model also features a detachable box magazine, a two-position safety immediately behind the bolt handle at the right rear of the action, a blued carbon steel barrel, and a wood stock with a natural high-luster finish, cut checkering, and swivel studs. This rifle comes with a mounted and boresighted 3-9x40mm scope with matte blued finish for out-of-the-box tack-driving accuracy powerful enough to dispatch small game and varmints.
Specifications:
- .17 Hmr
- 21" button-rifled heavy varmint barrel
- 1:9" twist
- 5 round detachable magazine
- 2-position safety
- Adjustable AccuTrigger
- Walnut-finished hardwood stock with cut checkering
- Blued barrel
- 3-9x40mm mounted riflescope
- Swivel studs
- 37.75" overall length
- 6 lbs.
Caliber Dictionary
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Introduced by Hornady in 2002, the 17 HMR has become extremely popular and is the standard alternative to 22 rimfires for small game and small varmints. Most manufacturers who produce rimfire rifles chamber to it, and all major ammunition manufactures load ammo. The 17 HMR was created by necking down the 22 WMR cartridge, resulting in a lighter but much faster load. Most common are a 17-grain bullet at up to 2550 feet per second; and a 20-grain load at 2375. No 17-caliber bullet bucks wind particularly well, but the 20-grain bullet, though slower, holds up a bit better and tends to offer better penetration. Perhaps the greatest attribute of the 17 HMR is accuracy that is consistently good and often exceptional, effective to as far as 150 yards under calm conditions. As a hunting cartridge it should be limited to animals smaller than coyotes. — Craig Boddington
