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Savage 93R17 (.17 HMR) · Deep Dive

Savage 93R17 (.17 HMR)

No 93R17 Savage ever catalogued has a 20-inch barrel — and the fast .22 WMR load it replaced drifts more in the wind at 100 yards than a .22 LR does.

Savage's .17 HMR magnum rimfire bolt action from the maker's own archived catalogue, manual and service pages: which sub-model is which, the cartridge's real wind and energy numbers, why the rifle sidesteps the semi-automatic recall, and how to strip, clean and repair it.

Photo: 17 HMR cartridges by Malis

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    Volumes

    1. Vol 1 Which 93R17? Savage's Magnum Rimfire, and the Rifle Documented Here Lakefield lineage, the model-letter code, every barrel length Savage ever catalogued, and a 20-inch barrel that matches none of them
    2. Vol 2 The .17 HMR — Speed, Wind, and What It Does When It Arrives Hornady's necked-down magnum from the makers' own tables: a flatter path than the .22 WMR, no more energy, and a wind advantage that is real but narrower than the reputation
    3. Vol 3 Why It Is a Bolt Gun — The .17 HMR Semi-Automatic Problem Remington's recall notice, Savage's delayed-blowback answer in 2015, and why a manually operated action never had the problem
    4. Vol 4 How It Works — The 93 Action and the AccuTrigger The cycle part by part from Savage's own manual, the trigger that doubles as the bolt stop, the blade that blocks the sear, and what Savage does not publish about the barrel
    5. Vol 5 Keeping It Working — Field Strip, Cleaning a .17 Bore, Maintenance and Repair Savage's own takedown, the bolt it forbids the owner to open, the fourth-power law behind the .17 cleaning-rod problem, and the line between the bench and the factory
    6. Vol 6 On the Rifle — The Crossfire, the Mounts, a Suppressor, and the Michigan Position Three Vortex scopes share one name, a fixed-parallax 4-12×44 on a rimfire, an unthreaded barrel and a can that must be rated for the cartridge, and where a .17 HMR fits Michigan's rimfire rules