Winchester Varmint HE .17 WSM 25gr Polymer Tip Ammunition /50

Winchester Varmint HE .17 WSM 25gr Polymer Tip Ammunition /50

Coyotes, prairie dogs and other varmints, beware. In 2013, Winchester Ammunition will arm small game hunters with the most revolutionary rimfire cartridge in the company's almost 150-year history the .17 Winchester Super Magnum.

The .17 Win Super Mag offers the downrange performance of a centerfire cartridge at only a fraction of the cost. For the first time in history, hunters can expect pinpoint accuracy and devastating performance from a rimfire cartridge at ranges well past 200 yards.

Winchester Varmint HE
17WSM (17 Winchester Super Magnum)
25 Grain Polymer Tipped
Muzzle Velocity: 2600 fps
MPN: S17W25
50 Per Box (500 Per Case)

About the Manufacturer
The company who brought to life "the Gun that Won the West" is the same company who today continues to supply sportsmen with the best sporting ammunition in the world. Founded in 1866, Winchester is one of the world's most widely recognized and respected brand names.

For more than 140 years, the name "Winchester" has come to mean many things to many people. To most folks it means ammunition and the Gun that Won the West. For many others, however, it also rekindles images of fine hand tools and cutlery, fishing tackle, the classic artwork and hunting traditions.

To encourage the preservation of wildlife habitat, Winchester is a major sponsor of conservation organizations such as Ducks Unlimited and Quail Unlimited. And it's a major backer of sporting clays and other clay target shooting games.

About the 17 WSM Cartridge

The .17 Win Super Mag offers the downrange performance of a centerfire cartridge at only a fraction of the cost. For the first time in history, hunters can expect pinpoint accuracy and devastating performance from a rimfire cartridge at ranges well past 200 yards.

Our engineers have been developing the top-secret .17 Win Super Mag caliber for more than three years and the rimfire revolution begins now, said Brett Flaugher, Winchester Ammunition vice president of sales, marketing and strategy. At 3,000 feet per second it's the fastest modern rimfire cartridge on the planet. The downrange energy deposited by the .17 Win Super Mag will be a game-changer for varmint and predator hunters everywhere.

The .17 Win Super Mag will initially be offered in three bullet types: a 20-grain plastic tip in the Varmint HV (High Velocity) line, 25-grain plastic tip in the Varmint HE (High Energy) line and a 20-grain jacketed hollow point in the legendary Super-X line. Each .17 Win Super Mag bullet will far surpass the long-range wind drift and bullet-drop limitations of popular rimfire calibers like .22 Win Mag and .17 HMR, while depositing more than 150 percent more energy than both.

The .17 Winchester Super Magnum, is a rimfire rifle cartridge developed by the ammunition company Winchester in 2012. It descended from the .27 caliber nail gun blank by necking down the blank case to take a .17 caliber (4.5 mm) bullet. Initial loadings will be a 20 grain bullet, delivering muzzle velocities around 3000 ft/s.

Currently, rifles firing the 17 WSM are the Savage B-Mag bolt action, heavy barrel B-mag Target edition. Ruger Model 77/17, Winchester 1885 Low Wall single shot, the Volquartsen semi-automatic, H-S Precision Pro Series 2000, and the semi-automatic Franklin Armory F-17. The F-17 is the first gas-operated rimfire firearm, designed to handle the higher pressures of this cartridge. Also recently Jard Inc. joined this list with their J71 17 WSM AR 15 rifle.

17 WSM Cartridge Specifications
Parent case .27 caliber nail gun blank
Bullet diameter .172 in (4.4 mm)
Case length 1.200 in (30.5 mm)
Primer type Rimfire)

17 WSM Cartridge Ballistic Performance
20 gr (1 g) 3,000 ft/s (910 m/s) 399 ft-lbf (541 J)
25 gr (2 g) 2,600 ft/s (790 m/s) 375 ft-lbf (508 J)