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Re: What 17 HMR ammo do you use
Posted: Wed Jul 06, 2016 7:03 pm
by DaveB
I have never had any problem with any .17 HMR case. Maybe I've just been lucky.
Re: What 17 HMR ammo do you use
Posted: Thu Jul 07, 2016 3:50 pm
by Yamavira
The quality of earlier 0.17 ammo was pretty bad. Split cases frequently reported on other forums. Incidents reported, unfortunately, of rifles being wrecked due to a round, following a squib, being chambered & fired. Bullet from squib being about 2 or 3 inches up the barrel. Fortunately did not read of anyone suffering serious injury as a result of such an occurence.
From my 1st 500 brick of Hornady 0.17HMR there were 127 cases with split necks. After reading so many postings I actually spent an hour or two inspecting each & every round in the 500 brick.
Yamavira
