I just went to Savage's site and they have released information about their two new A17 rifles in 17 WSM. I have owned four different 17 WSM rifles, but I too am interested in this new offering. This should help to keep ammo available.

I might have to get into one of those also.

One and done for me. Sold mine and don't see much need for another. Nothing against them but nothing for them either.

i actually really like the 17wsm. and finally after 3 different savage rifles i got one that is pretty damm accurate.

i like the power it has and leaving the fired brass where it lands is also a plus.

Which ones have you tried and what was the one that you ended up with. Mine was a SS Heavy barrel. I tried several different things, even a Boyd's stock, but accuracy was just so-so.

all have been in the flimsy azz plastic stock.
#1 was a regular barrel. shot rounds in about a 5" circle
#2 was a heavy barrel. this one was twice as good as the first one but still not good.
#3 is a a heavy stainless. will keep bullets around an inch and half. only thing i have done to it is lighten the trigger.

Maybe mine shot better than I thought it did. Sometimes, well most of the time, I think rifles should shoot better than they do. Seems I think they should all shoot tiny little groups. Its slowly sinking in that all guns aren't created equal. You get spoiled shooting accurate rifles then when a rifle comes along that won't cut holes, you think its a POS when all along its doing all its meant to do. Maybe when the new A17's come out I'll give one another try. Other than busting pond turtles, I still don't know what I would do with it. But....busting pond turtles is fun.

ya know, maybe it shoots better than i said. i really dont remember. been a long, long time since i put it on paper. i will see if i still have some shot targets laying around.

My savage heavy barrel shoots 1 inch groups at 100. Great squirrel gun. Can't imagine why savage designed the bolt the way they did.

Ever since hearing about the 17WSM, I've wished it would have been
20WSM, picking up where Remington dropped the ball. And even though I'm
a Savage fan, they could have done a LOT better job with their first
rifle attempt....certainly not a good way to introduce a new round to
the consumer.

I know this is a year old but since Shot Show 2023 just wrapped up and you were there is there any word on what's going on with the ammo situation for the 17 WSM?

I'm not sure if Savage ever actually released any new A17 17WSM's for sale did they?

I haven't seen any, new stock, 17WSM ammo for almost two years now.

I've always been a big fan but things aren't looking good for just about anything 17WSM related.

i have about 6 cases and now nothing to shoot it with. maybe someday a good guy will bring my rifle back. ha,ha, yeah right.

Said it before and saying it again...they should have
made that same case, but with 20 caliber bullets if
they really wanted something new and different. Too many
of us were/are happy with our 17hmr's, and if it won't
do the job, we reach for a small CF caliber.

I agree and about from the start have said a 20 WSM shooting something like the Hornady 24gr NTX 3000fps would have been more appealing, to me, than yet another 17 cal rimfire cartridge.

That's nothing against the 17 WSM because I've been a big fan of it from the start but I would have been an even bigger fan of a 20 WSM.

But, then I'd probably just be even more disappointed when Winchester dropped the ball on something I really liked, like it appears they're doing with the 17 WSM.

Winchester needs to take some lessons from Hornady on how to properly promote and support their products because Winchester pretty much sucks at it and Hornady clearly has it figured out with the one exception being the 17HH. Hornady definitely has a lot of room for improvement supporting their 17HH but that's another top for another time.

If they were to bring out a 20 WSM I will have one