Well, I’ve been digging through the ammunition I’ve accumulated and I found an interesting find. That’s a few packs of Hornady .17 Mach 2 ammo. Looks like I was looking to purchase a gun with that caliber. It’s not a popular caliber from what I can see. Hornady and CCI are the only ammo makers that stock it. Here’s the particulars on the .17Mach 2:

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And as comparison the .22 Win Mag:

The Win Mag in Federal is quite a bit slower, but has considerably better stopping power as it’s 50 grains as opposed to the Hornady being 17 grains. So it works well with larger game. Whereas the .17 Mach 2 would probably work best with Prarie Dog sized game. And from what I can remember about the .17 Mach 2, the trajectory is a lot flatter, partly due to the higher velocity.

And here’s the two ammos side-by-side:

Savage is the only brand to make guns in that caliber. Here’s one sample website that carries Savage:

Not a bad price. Though, since leaving New Mexico, I haven’t gone Prairie Dog hunting. Don’t even know if there’s prairie dogs in Nevada. And would probably need a scope for these little buggers. I can feel a purchase going on. Maybe pay a visit to that rancher I know in New Mexico. Road trip!

Edit: Did some research, and deciding between the A17 and the Mark II FV. If the Mark II had 10 round capability, it would be a shoe-in because I like the heavy barrel because the tremors have less of an effect with the additional mass.