The .17HMR was designed as a small vermin destroyer (hence the polycarbonate nosler ballistic tip), which tends to blow the quarry apart, as Lloyd says - quick death, but not much use for the pot.
Deerhunter, what I actually said was that the precision of the rifle is such that at ranges from 50 to 200 metres, without a fresh zero, one can kill a rabbit in ambient conditions, with a head shot that removes the head. The implication of my comment is that the rest of the body is intact,
Can any of you rifle experts tell me if accuracy will be affected by having inter-changeable barrels. From the pic i cannot see how the barrels lock in place, is it some form of female thread on the barrels?
The Police are mainly concerned that 1) you have a good reason for the calibre 2) That you have somewhere suitable to use it and 3) That you're not a raving loony or ex convict.