Salemdawger,
Samspade took the words right out of my fingers!
Congrads to you and as stated you will love the 17hmr.
I have a cz with brookies trigger ,i glassbedded the action,floated the barrel and have a 5.5x16 nikon scope on mine.
I killed some many varmints with it i couldn't count them all ,coyote,jackrabbit,crows,praire dogs, etc-etc..
My younger brother came over to visit one day and i heard some crows in the trees in the backyard.
I had the hmr laying ready in the back utility room and let him have the shot.125 yards to the trees he aims he squeezes and down comes a crow ,another one lands and follows the first one to the ground with a graping hole in each crows back.He gazed at the little hmr round and smiled.He said it's like a little high powered rifle------Yuup.ME