The Shooting Show - 17HMR vs 22LR: Which is best? Plus training a gundog from pup to peg 

I have both, they're both amazing at what they do and they're very different. I couldn't decide which I prefer.

Great show 👏 👍 thanks .

Love the training with the Pup 👌

I have to give the 22lr a thumbs up 👍 bought a 17hmr when they first came out for me too loud and on a windy night lamping rabbits 🐰 the bullet head was going all over the place happy with my 22lr CZ using Winchester sub-sonics

Will be watching with great intrest training that little cocker .

Got both, both have their place as you say. Use the 22 for discrete jobs with an nv, the HMR was a game changer especially stretching the ranges. Honestly, prefer the HMR purely for the stopping power all be it louder and more costly to run. Good little video mark, thanks

Enjoyed that one👍

I hunt squirrel almost exclusively. I’ve used a .22 for years. There was a period of time when a .17 was my go to. I found that at close range, the .17 would pass through with little damage. As the range increased, the amount of damage was unacceptable. I could only take headshots and at even moderate ranges, it would explode the head. Not fun to clean. I recently purchased a.17 Mach 2. It has the same bullet as the .17 with a less potent powder charge. I’m looking forward to seeing how it will fit into the mix.

Agree with. Your. Analysis. The one seven. Is. Brilliant. On. Crows and. Rabbits.

When I had my .22LR Brono it performed excellently out at 100 yards with Winchester 40gr subsonic and CCI Stringer , nice video

I’ve gone the other way recently for shooting crows .22lr has become favoured again 1 shot with the 17hmr and everything within 500 yards is gone the problem is getting hold of 17hmr at the moment too the one thing i love about 17hmr is it’s lethality on foxes it’s certainly capable with a sensible shot

Hi Mark I feel you did the 22 an injustice My Bergara will shoot sub 1 moa at 100 yard with Sk match all day long best group at 212 yard was 11/2" last week witnessed by my mate with his 17 I shot sub 21/2" group at 257yard 👍

The .22lr subsonic is silent with a moderator…A big win for me 🥇✅🇸🇪. Sorry for my school English

I use both the .22lr and the .17hmr and both in the same rifle (tikka t1x with 20” barrels) I love the little .22lr for rabbits close range but I do have to be honest if I don’t need the silence of the subsonic 22lr I will pick up the 17hmr everytime. It’s fair more accurate than the 22lr and the added power and vmax bullet is impressive. From my 20” barrel I get 2730fps with the Hornady 17gn vmax rounds and 1/2” group at 100 yards. I’ve taken hundreds of foxes with it and if I’m shooting under 150 yards I’ll take the hmr over a centrefire aswell.

Nowt new here. You must find the optimum ammunition for your 22LR. If you want to shoot more than rabbit in a field AND have something for the pot it's 22LR every time.

Hey Rips! Your giving that bed cover on the hilux a hard time, I was waiting for it to collapse the way it was creaking haha!

The 22 is better if you’re hunting dinner, as it’s less destructive. The destructive power of the 17 is also to do with bullet design. The 22 is a must for people who want to learn to shoot. Not only is it cheaper, but people need to learn windage, bullet drop etc…which with the 17 you don’t need to so much. I feel like most new shooters are only learning to pull a trigger, and don’t really know what its all about. 17 for pest control all the way though.

the vibration from the bipod on the roof of the truck was louder than the shot lol

Great show, I have a cz 452 , might now be looking for a new addition to the gun safe, but the .22 is definitely staying. I've never used a place board, but now might consider one with my next pup, apparently they are mad on them over the pond. Ps my 452 hates eley , winchester every time

Hi mark forgot to say subs work better in the 22 better than Hv rounds because subs are more predictable in flight Hv's break the supersonic window then destabilise coming back to subsonic 👍

Mark, I see a T1x left hand 20" bbl UPR .17 HMR in your future. :-) Great vid.

Mark... you seem to have some naughty followers leaving comments 🥳🥳

Hi mark . Just been enjoying your venture back with the 17 HMR. I am just in the process of getting one and I was wondering if the silencer makes much change to the noise giving that the rounds are away above the sound barrier. Great shooting by the way.

I don’t think the 22LR liked the Eley ammunition which has been the case with lots of 22LR’s using the 38gr Eley. I still have a brick of 40gr Eley and it’s under 1” at 100 yards

I love both but that.17 is so deadly 👍🏻👍🏻

I shoot both but totally different rounds, that LR group Lol. My LR zero’d at 50m SK yellow, has a 2.3MRAD drop at 100m groups are more 1” 1.5” at 100m LR is more fun and whisper quiet with a Wildcat Panther. Wildcat Panther 17 on the HMR is awesome but will clear a field of rabbits around here. If i could only keep one it would be the LR, brilliantly quiet, awesome fun and the only one used in comps at the local club, unless this stupid Lead ban (voluntary my arse) comes in then the LR will be massively affected as the non Lead in LR are worse than crap. Nice to see a vid on two awesome and obtainable for newbee rounds. We’ll done mark.

Had 22lr for decades, Savages, Rugers, etc. and several 17HMRs in Savage rifles, for almost 10 years. 22LR has a rainbow trajectory, you zero it at 25y, it's harder to get predators at 100 yards, you zero at 50 or 75 yards, you start missing the squirrels at 30 yards. 17HMR shoots like a laser up to 125 yards, literally. That was a bad news for foxes around my area. It's loud but it can be managed very comfortably with a suppressor. Shooting for meat though, (rabbits or whatnots), it runs the meat, forced to go back to 22lr. Since I don't care anymore for meat, my 22lr have been rusting for more than 7 years.

Lol... curve-ball. I shoot both... but recently added a .22 WMR to the cabinet. I can shoot subs (45gr Winchesters) with typical .22 accuracy ay 50 - 70 meters, but can also drop in a .22 Hornady WMR and whack Foxes at 100 meters (sub moa).... one rifle... two uses. It ain't as good as the hmr out past 100 meters and is three times the cost of the lr when shooting subs... but it a cracking combination gun. You should have a play with one 👍

I've been having great results with the 17 Mach 2 Has anyone else had any experience with this cartridge?

We are not allowed moderators in West Oz so the .22 is often the rifle of choice. Plus if hunting rabbits for dinner it is a much better rifle.

Good comparison here Mark, good job! I have both, and have been shooting 22 ammo.( .22 Short, .22 Long & .22 Long Rifle ) ever since I was about 12 years old,..I am considerably beyond that age now, and I still do enjoy rimfire shooting, it's my favorite. have the Tikka T1x in .22 and a CZ455 in .17HMR ( a bit of a reversal there perhaps ). I think the T1x is darn near impossible to beat, oh it can be matched, but I don't think, beaten. ( my biased opinion of course ) Thank you for taking the time for this entertaining 'show ( shoot ) and tell'. I do appreciate the work it takes to make a video like this.

Have a look at the eco speed 22lr amo.

Hi mark you mentioned the cci stinger has a soft nose, know there higher velocity but does this reduce the ricochet by a lot. Scares the life out of me the wizzing noise. Great video by the way 👍

Best thing you can do with a can of Vimto

also 17mach2 is a great round. hmr is devastating on bunnies.

What’s the mess on the rabbit ?

Might as well compare a 22 to a 243. Both the 22 and the 17 have their advantages for different situations.

looking at this, would not the 17HCR, destruct more, meaning the explosion on a Rabbits Head be more broke up?+The info is good, my grandson is looking at using 17 HCR, myself stick will 7.62 and have fired that in the last 45 years, ahah, or my old trusty 12 bore.+

.17 all day no comparison

This is similar to the age old argument about which air rifle caliber is best .22 or .17 i always preferred the .177 because it is more accurate at distance and if more stopping power is required i would use flat heads or hollow points or a heavy pellet in .177 which are devastating at shorter range. Although i would say the biggest difference between the caliber is the person shooting the gun. 17HMR for me all day long.

You say the 17HMR is much louder than the 22LR, but how much is that? Does anyone have a number in decibels? I'm looking at non-toxic (supersonic) ammo, and I see that in the .22LR caliber, that would probably be a 24gr at 1706FPS, while the 17HMR shoots 15.5 gr at 2550 FPS. I reckon this much lighter load makes it safer in case of a miss while shooting at a perched grouse (anything under 30gr has very little kinetic energy left at maximum range when shot from a large enough angle), though I also want to avoid needlessly loud ammo for my ears as well as my dog's. Though I reckon both are probably way less loud than my 12 gauge anyways. Would love some decibel estimates.

With rifle would u recommend for mud jacks deer and rabbit?

Hi Mark can i ask what you think of sightmark wraith does it need an additional Ir illuminator and what model u are using Thanks

10:53 what tripod and rifle clamp is Mark using there please?

Got both, hmr runs sweet as marks doing with his, I never seen my rimmy drop more that 4.5in at 100yds, 40g 1050 fps, 60yd zero. So to see that drop looks like the drop on a fac airgun at the same range and using pellets it don't shoot good, Like to see the ammo used, Both guns sound like a there on half power, only just hear the sonic crack on the hmr, Bless if anybody like to try mine there welcome too.

O love both , but The .17 HMR is very accurate. For distances above 80 mts , no chances for The .22 LR .

I don’t have an fac but from owning an air rifle know about the upcoming lead ban so the 17 is a no brainier especially at the moment as no viable replacement for lead has been found for subsonic calibres which seem to be the ones that suffer from non lead

hmr hands down… (when the hornady ammo is not cracking on the neck)

I have both too but also the .22WMR which sends 30gn @ 2100fps. Sits nicely between the two.Disappointing that no reference made to different rifles preferring different ammo. My.22 LR will shoot sub moa at 100m with Eley subs. #Theshootingshow

سلام ممنون از برنامه شما ولی زبان شما متوجه نمی شوم ولی لذت میبرم خسته نباشید ولی در اینجا که هستم تفنگ ساچمه ای کالیبر 22 ممنوع است چه برسد به گلوله زن ونم توانیم ساچمه ای داشته باشیم با این قیمتها مرسی

Hi mark on the .17 hmr which barrel length do you thinks best

What 17 hmr ammo are u using

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO i love Vimto

I'm in NY and you can't walk 5ft without hitting a tree or hill so it's .22lr for me.

And the 17 Hornet ?

That can exploded not imploded

I don't think anyone would ever say a 22 has the range or velocity that the 17 has. But if I could only have one it would be the .22 all day long.

How can you compare one long barrel to a short barrel? Not a good comparison.

That is a very poor group at 100 yds for a CZ452 using any 22 LR SV ammo. If the HV ammo can out perform the SV; you either need to find better SV ammo for that rifle or do some maintenance on it.

3 pound here in the US

Eley contact subs round nose in 42g .22LR are far superior to 38g easily kill crows at 100 yards. Choice of ammo to suit the rifle is critical in all .22LRs.

Both guns got their jobs in the field, I would prefer the .22 as cheaper to run also not as loud as the .17 also I have killed foxes over a 100 yards using sub sonics also many types of ammo should be tried with the rifle as some guns are more accurate with certain makes

Not surprised by the crap group with the new Eleys, they've ruined an excellent round! The old green box Eley Subsonic Extras were far superior, going into sub inch @ 100yds with my old CZ452 Varmint! ( wind free days of course)

17 hmr 100% is the best

🎯👍🏻 🐴❤️🤠🇨🇱✌🏻😎

I have a cheap ruger precision and a vortex diamondback 4x16 and from 100 yards I’m in a 2-3” circle. I don’t think your gun was liking that ammo.

I don't think it was a fair comparison. You used sub sonic .22 which made it just barely better than an air gun. With no more velocity than that, the wind blows it around a lot more. Go up to regular ammo and give it a comparison. I still want a .17 though.

22 lr has been around since 1887 not the 1870s the .22 long was 1871

Should have used a 22mag in comparison not 22lr

This comparison of two favourite calibres,.22 & .17hmr, is now a little academic given that governments are cancelling the production of lead bullets for all calibres! The results as we now understand, is an unmitigated disaster. Manufacturers are using copper and other alloys to replace lead with a much less effective metal; Boosting the charges to speed-up bullets with negative effects. These effects are lack of consistency in accuracy and an increase on the report from the biggest charges in these new cartridges. Simply a disaster, which is exactly as designed! You may as well surrender your guns now; or, start making your own lead bullets!

Stupid comparison both got different applications

I see this guy favors 17hmr more he likes it much ,Not a fair one

22lr still king never got out of class and availability , 17hmr dying breed.