Long range corvid shooting with a .17 HMR Ruger 77/17 

Remember that this was one of our very first videos. We now get new videos up DAILY. We're not planning on publishing more than 365 videos per year. I'm totally uninterested in what the antis say - and that's an understatement. You're never going to change their minds, not matter what you do.

You were spot on with your assessment of the Ruger 77 rimfire series. I own a 77/22 magnum rifle. They cost a good deal more than a marlin or savage but are well worth the money. The gun is as good quality as a centerfire hunting rifle. The trigger on this gun is far too heavy. I believe mine was 6 and a half lbs. I bought an aftermarket trigger and now the pull is 2 and a half lbs. I absolutely love it now. It is ridiculously accurate with 33 grain Remington ballistic tips.

Britts wearing real tree? Friggin awesome!

Great caliber , had mine for 2 months now and love it , best corvid to date was 145 meters and rabbits up to 200 , even dropped Charlie at 110 with a head shot . Love it

ive probably watched your videos a hundred times, i love your videos, the keep me entertained and makes me want to get out there and start doing pest control myself

I so envy the good sense in England where you can use silencers. In the US our ears suffer from stupid regulations outlawing silencers on hunting guns.

Great shooting! 17 HMR is my favourite rimfire rifle for small game shooting. It knocks the prey over dead easy

There's something funny as hell about a guy wearing camo while shooting birds.

If you have feed issues with a 10/22 mag, make sure the spring has exactly three turns of tension on it. No more no less..... that usually fixes it.

I have a ruger 77/22mag I bought a green mountain barrel in .17 hrm fluted for it and it shoots fantastic I love it and many of sage rats in eastern Oregon are no longer with us using this setup

Hi Ian can you tell me what scope rings your using please, i have the ruger 77/17 and the scope I'm using is the match viper 10x44ir 30mm tube. Great channel keep up the good work

Ive got a question for you guys! I live in rural Alberta, Canada, and we have a mass amounts of gophers, badgers, muskrats, beaver, etc. Alot of varmints. Im looking into getting a .17HMR for some pest control, what do you think?

Actually, that's a FANTASTIC idea! :-)

What a lot of people don't realise is that some of the most destructive pests are not the rooks, which are what you are shooting here,but the insect larvae they are the main predator of. You can have a greater weight of insect larvae under the ground than sheep and cattle on top! I am an ex farmer and I'll own up to shooting a lot of things, but I would never touch the rooks, because they do far and away mor good than harm.

The Ruger 77/17 comes screw cut to accept 1/2" UNF moderators. There's no affect on terminal velocity, it's just the hole is bigger! I use my .308 mod on my 7x64mm and it has also does not negatively affect bullet performance.

Sorry about the 'inaccurate' ballistics info. Full camo? Never thought about buying a separate outfit for crow shooting. Just used my usual gear. Laughable is buying an additional set of the same gear in a different colour for no good reason...

Stop the hate, this is just pest control, this are a pest, animal lovers if we don't kill the pest, you don't have your food period.

Whats the best zero for 17hmr for flattest shooting? I prefer to use holdover for longer distance rather than worrying about being to high at closer range due to zeroing for long shots.

great shooting guys. What's the power of the ruger coming in at out of interest?

I really love your videos, keep it up guys.

Very good video ,I just see it now; thank you.

This is very highly recomend for scopes the burris eliminator 3 laser scope it takes all the long range shots because it is a scope and a range finder all in one it is like magic,your spotter it doesent give corrections but it direct/shows you where your shot will be so i highly recomend it i hope you do a video of that. Thanks! Prym ubasa

Cool videos we always use a .204 for them crows but unless you reload its kinda expensive to shoot that much but you do know if you hit them. We usually get them out at 4 or 500 yards in the pastures great vids keep them up thanks.

Er, OK. Thanks for watching!

Thanks

What scope are you running? Are you happy with it? On a side note, has anyone eaten crow?

A .22 mag with Shepherd scope would smoke their asses. I have taken bounty varmits in Louisiana @ 400 yards with a .22 mag. My partner was shooting a .17 and had pitiful success. He is a very good shot but the .22 mag. outperformed him. My package was a Ruger w/carbon fiber barrel, custom trigger adjusted to 2#, Shepherd scope and Hogue moulded stock. I once clipped 8# mono @ 50 yards with the .22 mag. Very accurate package and a pleasure to shoot.

Oh dear... this is DEFINITELY the wrong channel for you my friend. Please don't watch any more of our videos. They might give you nightmares....

Firstly, I'm American. Secondly, I have more guns than you do. Thirdly, we definitely DON'T want you to take us seriously. thanks for watching :-)

Great shooting and thanks for posting

I live in the UK, I own a 17HMR, a Ruger 10/22, a CZ .22RF and a bunch of shotguns and other legal toys. The video is real.

The rifle is chambered in .17 HMR and the suppressor is I think for .22 LR?? How come it fits in the barrel? Does it have any negative effects on terminal velocity?

I had hesrd that .17 HMR was fsst enough that a crow shot within 300 yards exploded into a mass of feathers, dying instantly. These don't appear to be exceptionally clean or painless kills. What kind of ammo is being used, FMJ/solids of some type?

I haven't checked the actual muzzle velocity over the chrono yet, but if you believe the box, the Winchester V-Max kicks out the 17grain bullet at 2550fps. This equates to 245fpe at the muzzle.

Another great video. Thanks!

Can you legally do this in Washington or do you need permits?

Who would have thought that in 2023 people were still taking corvid shots?

Stupid question I know. But if this is the European team. Why are y'all measuring distance/ judging distance in yards?

Thanks Rabbitman!!

As far as I'm aware, only .22 semi-auto rimfire rifles are permitted 'section one' firearms under UK firearms laws. This means .17HMR are currently not allowed on a standard UK firearms license.

The .17HMR is also very effective for feral hogs of all sizes

Great shooting great video

That's some classy varmint control, congratulations.

Only just clocked this video. Zero 200yrd then 3.5" drop to 300 yrds. Why did I buy a 220 swift? Actually published trajectory for 17gn Hornady ammo is 2 feet of drop at 300 from a 200 zero but you also have to cope with a 4 inch high 100 yrd trajectory no wonder most of your targets were taken at ranges within the capability of the average 22 LR.

did you notice a few seconds later ian opened the bolt and loaded a round into the chamber plus the muzzle was pointing in a safe direction have you ever fired a gun or own one?

you guys should do a vid about the 17 hmr, accuracy testing, price etc theres still alot of guys i know who havent heard of it. and i actually have not seen a (more) professional review of the round. have you thought of this b4 maybe?

why is your optic mounted so high. a lower mount would keep you more in line with the muzzle and would enhance your accuracy.

I Use a 7mm mag and turn the crows instantly into fertilizer

Thanks for the info. We're going to put a lot more time into this cartridge. I've got my long range work down with my .300 winmag, but shooting a .17HMR at 300 yards is like shooting my .300 at 1200yards! :-)

Of course it is possible, but it's not legal to use .22LR here in the UK for any deer species.

Is not to expensive shoitibg birds with .178 ammunition instead a .22LR for example?

Excellent shots fellas.More crow vids plz n stay safe out there 🍀🤞

Honest question what makes crowes a pest? What problem do they cause?

great video chaps

Where did you guys hunt the birds?

I only shoot crows with a .700 nitro express, can't take any chances!

I honestly doubt it! Your best bet is to get a GOOD air rifle if your going to try that. The ruger air hawk is good but use the really good hunting pellets. I for one scraped all of my air rifle shooting in favor of the ruger 10/22 using CCI quiet ammo. What is the issue of getting a rimfire in Germany?

You hit a home run with the savage, I have 2 one in stainless, mine are the bvts, both shoot min of squirrel eye at 100 in no wind. Consider yourself lucky to have one of these rifles. I'm sure you do.

The so called animal lovers should maybe read up on the damage theese birds actually inflict on the bird and other animal populations before they all start crying murder and running of to join the green party. Get educated or go out with a group of hunters and actually learn something. It's a dirty job but someone has to do it.

Great video, but 300 yards is asking a tad much from the 17 HMR. Maybe 200 yards. I have the same caliber in a Browning T-bolt. The CCI A-17 17 HMR @ ammo @ 2,650 fps will still be going 1,466 fps at 200 yards with 81 ft. lbs of energy. Sighted in at 100 yards, the drop at 200 yards will be only 7.5 inches. Actually a bit less drop because the ammo's actual muzzle velocity is about 2,700 fps. I really like the fact that they've put a 3-12x56 MM Zeiss Victory scope on the rimfire, instead of the usual 50 Euro Bushnell Banner. I had the same Zeiss scope, and it was my favorite. The video demonstrates why it makes good sense to put an expensive scope on a rimfire rifle. The only drawback is that most rimfire ammo bullets have fairly low ballistic coefficients. The above 17 grain bullet's ballistic coefficient is only .128, whereas the 17 Winchester Rimfire Supermag 25 grain round uses varmint bullets that have a BC of .185. The BC of a bullet is useful because it tells us instantly at approximately what range in yards that the bullets muzzle energy will drop by 50%. In this case, the 17 HMR 17 grain bullet has lost 50% of its energy at 128 yards.

when u shoot the crows they seem to jump alot, when i shoot them with my .17hmr (cz 452) they seem to drop dead instantly, i use hornady plastic tip ammo what were you using?

Great Video What moderator are you using?

interesting video guys, as always. i was just wondering if u had any suggestions on a good pcp rifle within a sort of £300-£400 price range?

"Most watched online hunting channel"... ur damn right is!!! U forgot to mention best to, but i think that falls in the same area. Just in case tho i'll say it for ya, TEAM WILDS THE BEST!!!

whats a good zoom rangs for the hmr looking to get one soon and want to get the optimum lens. love the videos too fantastic fun safe humane brilliant

I love to shoot, for those who hate the sport, don't force me to dislike it. Its not fair to impose one's likes and dislikes upon others. If you don't respect that, well, I love to shoot...

How far can you Shoot with The 17hmr?

Wow! Thanks Sammie! :-)

Damn! thanks a lot, great video.

Nice shooting!!

With most 17hmr cartridges, you get a better MPBR if you zero at 150 yards meaning not as much aiming under close targets. Great little vermin cartridge and fun when you can snipe enemy greycrows from 300 yards once you know what elevation or holdover to use. Wind drift is the biggest factor in missing with a hmr even more so than drop.

.17 is probably the most balanced gopher gun Ive used. I like reloading gopher pills for my 223 though.

Who makes the suppressor?

Remington 597 .17HMR....2002, Discontinued in 2009 due to premature discharges when not in battery. Still available if you're lucky. One on Gunbroker right now.

Have fired any savage rifles in the same caliber? Good hunting.

There is no need for camo in that situation, but my field clothes are camo, so whenever I'm hunting or shooting I'm wearing them, so this is his field set, whats the big deal ?

It depends what you call "dropping off". A .22LR 40gn subsonic round at 1100fps does 'drop off' significantly over 60 yards in comparison to the 17grain .17HMR at 2500fps - but you adjust your zero to compensate for longer distances. Usually when I'm out with the Team Wild boys, I will zero my CZ 452 .22 at 100 yards and will quite happily take rabbits out to 115-120 yards, while the others use a 50-yard zero for the bulk of the work. The .22LR is still our favourite workhorse rimfire round! :-)

Optics scope ?

I wonder if this cameron martin kid noticed that at 5:14 the bullet goes down hill and into the side of another and at 5:45 he actually reloads the magazine im assuming it was empty when passed over that fence

Love the video.. What ammo is being used?

What is the gun called

nice video lads. would you consider putting a bipod on it. it would increase your long range ability. as for .22lr i shoot rabbits out to 150y with mine.

top shot boys

I'm new to guns and I've recently purchased a 22 cal MRod to get rid of crows which have been killing other birds. The crows have taken 3 baby robins last week... and they are over populated in my area in Michigan.

In the UK, we are alloweed to shoot from a car but, it is not legal to shoot deer from a vehicle. Not sure why you got a hostile reply to your question and I hope this answers your question better.

its amazing how similar and how different the States and Aus are.

good shooting and nice gun to

We don't want Piers Morgan back! We've started a Parliamentary petition for our government to lobby your government to keep him permantely...a sort of extraordinary rendition.

Another great video again mate, just love the Team Wild stuff, specially when your out with the Daystates :-). Can i ask Ian, What is it you wear on your feet? They look like Short Camo wellies? Nice one guys...Dene..

idiotic question but whats louder a .17hmr or a .22 short

I still can't decide if I want a .17 hmr. I've also been looking at the .17 hornet, There isn't a whole lot available for .17 hornet though. The biggest problem with both is finding a FMJ bullet for hunting small game. I don't want the rabbits and squirrels to explode when I shoot them.

How do you have a silencer???

oh no doubt the 22LR is a very versatile well rounded caliber, over looked simply because its small and does not have the loud bang. like i said though it depends on the cartride sub sonis high velocity or hyper velocity, and as well with the grade of barrel, twist etc. but hands down when it comes to range and terminal velocity the 17HMR more than holds its own

i just watched a video that stated that we couldnt get a semi auto .17 in the uk ? is this not true then ?

Well I’m happy shooting them out at very long ranges with my .22 lr using subsonic ammo and I normally hit and kill them and even some woodies also the ammo is much cheaper as you know and it’s much quieter so I shall stick to my .22lr

Good video, but I'm not too sure why you're shooting Rooks?

Those forbid birds look a lot like what we call crows, are they similar species?

and mastodon.Never forget that the 17 hmr is also a good mastodon gun.

First time I've seen crows described as 'birds that don't do anyone any harm'... Perhaps you need to visit a few sheep farms during lambing season...

I never heard of Team Wild before, must be a UK thing?