Duff Remington .17 bullets?

[liongeorge 7]

Thought I'd try some Remington .17's in my Sako Quad at the wkend after a recomendation from a friend. They shot pretty much to the POI of the Hornady round and grouped well but my son noticed one of the cases I ejected was cracked at the neck with a distinct track down the brass then when he was shooting one went 'phut' then bang. With the 'phut coming from the breach area! We checked the case nd it too ws badly cracked.

Has anyone else had this problem ? It seems potentially v dangerous. I think I'll take the rest back to the shop (only shot 25 of 100 bought).

Edited March 28, 2011 by liongeorge

[halamrose 24]

See this thread: http://www.thehuntinglife.com/forums/topic/176158-remington-premier-17-hmr-case-defect/page__p__1780038__hl__remington__fromsearch__1#entry1780038

[woodydog 1]

Hi i have been useing Remington 17hmr for a long time and never had any problems at all.

[TWOTWOTHREE 152]

I have heard of it happening but i use nothing else but them and never had a problem mate

[smithmilk72 0]

I have heard of it before.

[RicW 67]

One-off dodgy batch. Take 'em back, a hang-fire could be bloody dangerous.

[sureshot11 1]

Hi i have been useing Remington 17hmr for a long time and never had any problems at all.

 

 

Same here in my Annie but also herd about other makes aswell.

[paulus 26]

been a problem for years .17hmr case is made from a .22wmr case necked down and problems occur in the anealing process, to be fair most people dont even notice the split cases. dont normally effect the performance of the round if it did more people would have noticed it before.