Marlin 917V 17hmr

[guns are dumb]

OF - Do you like that Savage? I've been looking at that one for a long time with some interest but I've never gotten to play with one. What do you think about the AccuTrigger?

 

[Old Fart]

Well originally I thought it looked to futuristic for an old fart.
But I've grown found of the appearance.

It has a lam stock with vent holes under the barrel.
Bull barrel. And of course the thumb hole.
The trigger pulled right at 3 1/2 lbs out of the box.
Didn't see any reason to adjust it.
But it seems easy enough to do by the instructions.
I added a cheap bipod to it also.

The little sucker is accurate.
I've got two different targets hanging on the wall in my office that I shot at 84 yards.
I can take the end of my pinky finger and completely cover up the wider of the two. The smaller is almost one single hole. If I ever get my pc that's hooked up to my scanner back I'll post a pic. Unfortunately it exploded yesterday, literally.
I took it to the range over at T-Bird the other day.
It was a little windy and I never found where it was hitting that day.
That's probably the biggest drawback to the little bullet.

The gun was a present. I'm afraid I wouldn't have spent the extra money for it myself. But I'm liking it.

 

[J.T.]

This is the one I got the boy but it has a tan stock. Love the AccuTrigger!

 

[Old Fart]

Nice looking gun. I bet he likes it.