The Hummer is a keeper!

Big Dog · 08-09-2003, 05:16 PM

Just got back from the range, shooting the Marlin 17V alongside my 25MN. Sighted in the Bushnell 4-12X40AO scopes at 50 yards, getting the expected half-inch groups.
I shot 20 rounds of Hornady .17HMR in five-shot groups.
Bumped it out to 100 yards, with the 25MN doing it's expected .75" average groups. It has done better when the Shooting Gods smile, but not today.
Fired 20 rounds of the .17HMR again, beginning with a .75" group, and finally finishing with a .25" ragged hole with five rounds. I'm in love with the lil fella! I don't expect to do that regularly, but it proves the gun/scope/ammo combination works, if I do my part.
It needs a good cleaning - I didn't remove the Marlin preservative syrup, just shot her off the rack, so to speak. The action is stiff, and the Litigator-designed trigger definitely needs some work, but the 17V shows mucho promise.
I'm also eyeing the old Fajen benchrest stock I've been saving for the right rifle. The Marlin trigger-guard fits it. I think this is the rifle for it.

colt45 · 08-09-2003, 05:56 PM

isn't that 17 just the sweetest lil deal?
I love mine got it in the savage heavy bbl with a bushnell 4x16 and a bipod.
thinking about restocking it don't to much like the synthetics myself.

08-09-2003, 05:16 PM	#1
Big Dog Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Tallahassee, Florida Posts: 12,912	The Hummer is a keeper! Just got back from the range, shooting the Marlin 17V alongside my 25MN. Sighted in the Bushnell 4-12X40AO scopes at 50 yards, getting the expected half-inch groups. I shot 20 rounds of Hornady .17HMR in five-shot groups. Bumped it out to 100 yards, with the 25MN doing it's expected .75" average groups. It has done better when the Shooting Gods smile, but not today. Fired 20 rounds of the .17HMR again, beginning with a .75" group, and finally finishing with a .25" ragged hole with five rounds. I'm in love with the lil fella! I don't expect to do that regularly, but it proves the gun/scope/ammo combination works, if I do my part. It needs a good cleaning - I didn't remove the Marlin preservative syrup, just shot her off the rack, so to speak. The action is stiff, and the Litigator-designed trigger definitely needs some work, but the 17V shows mucho promise. I'm also eyeing the old Fajen benchrest stock I've been saving for the right rifle. The Marlin trigger-guard fits it. I think this is the rifle for it. __________________ "A bold spirit embiggens the smallest man!" Jebediah Springfield

08-09-2003, 05:56 PM	#2
colt45 Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Occupied Territories of New York (Buffalo) Posts: 2,898	isn't that 17 just the sweetest lil deal? I love mine got it in the savage heavy bbl with a bushnell 4x16 and a bipod. thinking about restocking it don't to much like the synthetics myself. __________________ "A fear of weapons is a sign of retarded sexual and emotional maturity" -Sigmund Freud, General Introduction to Psychoanalysis "If guns cause crime, all of mine are defective." - Ted Nugent "Self-defense is Nature's eldest law." -John Dryden