It fills the same niche as the very useful .22lr, while also improving upon it and surpassing it in every possible way. Change my mind.

>>57944946 (OP)

>>57944946 (OP)

>every possible way.

Subsonics and suppressed shooting.

>>57944946 (OP)

It would also eliminate the inconsistencies between .22lr loads for all the people who compete is biathlons and all those other competitions that all use .22lr for some reason.

Things made fast on purpose are supposed to be subsonic in the first place, but I see your point.

>>57944946 (OP)

>It fills the same niche as the very useful .22lr

>the cheapest you can buy it for online currently is 17c/round, assuming you're buying at least 1500 rounds to get free shipping

>significantly less common locally

I'm talking about the cartridge itself. The market forces are because almost no one fucking knows about .17hm2. It's taller sister .17hmr gets all the glory.

You said every possible way.

>has been around for about 20 years

>still no one really knows about it or cares

Maybe this is a sign.

There are plenty of things that are good and get let down because boomers in the industry and scared of change.

>nooooo why don't the boomers run out and buy this new product that's slightly min-maxier for some narrow use case?

It was well known. People gave up on in due to the limited availability of firearms and the high price of ammo relative to 22lr. At the end of the day for most practical uses ppl still prefer the 22lr. The market has spoken. You are dismissed.

I don't know anything about olympic-type competition but it would seem to be well-suited for that purpose. It's susceptible to wind drift, which isn't an issue in indoor shooting, it shoots very flat but doesn't have a ton of range. Seems like a great target cartridge.



Not that I expect any competitive sport that's so long set in one way of operation to open up to such a change but I think it would increase popularity in both the sport and the cartridge if they did. Rimfire competition looks boring as shit currently. I almost went in for it back in high school but I never would have been able to tolerate the fuddery.

>>57944946 (OP)

>and surpassing it in every possible way

good ol 22lr still cheaper. Here in south shitmerica we have a big market of 22lr rifles bc buying centerfire is like $5 a round, and even 22wmr is like 4 or 5 times the value of a 22lr

>>57944946 (OP)

It's super kawaii. I want a Crickett-sized Kar98 in 17 HMR.

The market is WRONG and I will not yield.

Get the Savage 93R17 and put a wood stock on it if your want something like that in .17hmr. Now if your want .17hm2 then the CZ 427 American with added iron sights might scratch that itch.

Then maybe a new league can be started based about .17hm2.

>it shoots very flat

Irrelevant for fixed range target shooting.



>but doesn't have a ton of range.

Still comparable to .22lr. Anyone who wants less concerns with backstop is just going with airguns.



>I think it would increase popularity in both the sport and the cartridge if they did.

Why? It would bring nothing new to the sport.

Fudd detected
