Todd Sullivan wrote in a message to Roy J. Tellason:

 TS> /Huh!/ Bad .17?!!  What'cha gon', what'cha gon, what'cha gonna do,
 TS> when Roy J. Tellason and all come for you?

 RJT> I was checking out a new (to me) gun store today,  one that I hadn't
 RJT> been in before,  and this guy comes in and picks up a
"CZ" rifle -- in
 RJT> .17 caliber!

 RJT> Never heard of this one before.  What the guy there told me was that
 RJT> they take a .22 magnum and neck it down to use a smaller bullet,
 RJT> giving a somewhat flatter trajectory?

 RJT> Any of you guys ever heard of this thing before?  What the heck is it
 RJT> good for?

 TS> Oh, you're talking about the .17 HMR (Hogdon Magnum Rimfire).  It
 TS> came out near the end of 2002, and it's the hottest thing in
 TS> varmint cartridges.

Varmints?  Ok...  As in smaller 4-legged pests,  I guess.

 TS> G&A and /American/ /Rifleman/ have ben full of it for months, and
 TS> several rifles and a few revolvers have been chambered for it.

I haven't been keeping up with the magazines for ages.

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