I got the savage model 93. I also looked at the CZ American, which was real nice but decided not to spend that kind of money on somthing just to plink with. The savage isnt much for looks, the action isnt very smooth, the trigger was awfull, but I know that I get what I pay for and its good enough for my needs. When I got it home I went right to work on the trigger, I polished it where it meets with the bolt and I now have a pretty decent trigger that breaks much cleaner at about 3.5lbs.
Accuracy was great, I didnt give it a serious from the bench accuracy test yet but from the hood of my truck it seems 1" groups at 100 yrds should not be a problem. I had never shot a 17 before and was quite impressed. It shoots flat just like a high powered rifle but without the noise and recoil. So far this is my new favorite rimfire. Cheap to buy and fun to shoot. Now I just have to find some prarie goffers and see if I can ruin their day......Flinch

Yep the 17HMR is a sweet round. 1" @ 100 shoud be about normal and if ya happen to zero in on a Crow at 150 its nothin but a puff of black smoke :D
I do like my Hummer

I got the savage model 93. I also looked at the CZ American, which was real nice but decided not to spend that kind of money on somthing just to plink with. The savage isnt much for looks, the action isnt very smooth, the trigger was awfull, but I know that I get what I pay for and its good enough for my needs. When I got it home I went right to work on the trigger, I polished it where it meets with the bolt and I now have a pretty decent trigger that breaks much cleaner at about 3.5lbs.
Accuracy was great, I didnt give it a serious from the bench accuracy test yet but from the hood of my truck it seems 1" groups at 100 yrds should not be a problem. I had never shot a 17 before and was quite impressed. It shoots flat just like a high powered rifle but without the noise and recoil. So far this is my new favorite rimfire. Cheap to buy and fun to shoot. Now I just have to find some prarie goffers and see if I can ruin their day......Flinch

You'll be happy with your purchase, Flinch. I've had my Savage for quite some time, and it's shootin' fool. Visit my web site: www.rimfirenews.com and poke around in the Archived Articles section. There's a write-up on the rifle you bought.

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Accuracy update. I took my new 17 to the range yesterday for some target shooting.
My best 50 yrd 5 shot group I could cover with a dime. At 100 yrds I averaged about 1" groups.
I am still impressed with this rifle, its more accurate then I can shoot it.
I didnt mention before but I have the stainless heavy barrel with the plastic stock. I put a Bushnell Trophy 3-9 mill dot scope on it. So far this combo is working out great. The first dot below center seems to be dead on at 200 yds. Ive never had a 22 shoot this good. Actually I shouldnt compare the 17 to a 22, the difference is like night and day.

Hey what does polishing a trigger do. Well I know it helps trigger pull and smoothness but I mean I always hear folks polishing a sear or trigger etc...

What do you just take a rag and rub it real shiny??? I am intreseted in this polishing

I used a dremmel tool and a super fine bit. It took out all the gritty feel and made it lighter as well. There are other methods for fixing the tiggers on these model 93 rifles though. You can pay for an after market trigger group, or you can shim the trigger group. I had a difficult time finding just the right sized shims for my rifle though, since I was too lazy to go buy any, I had to make due with what I could find in the garage. Im pretty happy with it after I polished it now anyway without using any shims.

So you are kinda sanding the metal?

Well, I wouldnt really call it sanding, just a heavy duty polishing with a super fine abrasive dremmel bit. It did remove some metal, but barely enough to notice with the eye.
If a person removes too much metal here the bolt will not stay cocked and the sear or possibly the whole trigger group would need replaced. I was real carefull not to over do it because its tuff to put it back once its gone.

What does that dremmeling do to it. I mean how does it enhance it?