** Dodgy HMR Ammunition Database - Please add your batch numbers **

[bewsher500 3]

After thinking about it for ages I have pulled my finger out and put up a public spreadsheet.

Please add your batch numbers and details of split neck, misfires, squibs etc.

I have started off the proceedings from another post on here

 

 

I have put this up on Pigeonwatch, BBS and Stalking Directory

Please feel free to repost anywhere else.

If Mods can sticky this it would help

 

 

I personally would be interested if there is a common theme between manufacturer/brand and/or batch number and the problems associated with poor QA

 

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Au0f-ch1y3-2dGZuR01jaC02U0UtR2hsc3FQSjZLM3c#gid=0

[tegater 789]

Never had a problem so far. Not noticeable with any loss of accuracy anyway.

[paulus 26]

when ive had them, had a few split necks on spent cartridges but thats about it, but after checking, thats normal due to the anealing process

[tegater 789]

when ive had them, had a few split necks on spent cartridges but thats about it, but after checking, thats normal due to the anealing process

I have always had a few split necks, but it has never affected accuracy and I do push the limits with mine.

[tegater 789]

Ffs, some people have returned them because the heads are discoloured!

They need to get out and do some shooting, instead of worrying over nothing.

[paulus 26]

when ive had them, had a few split necks on spent cartridges but thats about it, but after checking, thats normal due to the anealing process

I have always had a few split necks, but it has never affected accuracy and I do push the limits with mine.

i carnt get on with them but have to say they are intrinsically far more accurate than the man behind them

[mal mason 7]

Its ok saying dont worry when nothing has happened yet but its better to get the problem sorted before something does, I had alot of split necks in the remmington rounds i was buying but never in my hornady, i was getting around 9 or 10 in each box but didnt bother me at first so just put them to one side and told the shop i got them from he just said he would replace them but was hardly worth it for so little unless i saved them till i had a box full but this would have took me a while as i dont just shoot .17......so one day im out on the field and i set up around some bunnies probably about 6 or 7 bunnies sat out by the hedge around 40yrds so i set up with the bi-pod and scoped my 1st bunnie and dropped it clean sighted up the second and CLICK so i ejected as i though and in one motion chambered another untill it stopped and the bolt didnt close so as i took the bolt out and had a look down the chamber i seen that a round had gotten stuck dont know how to this day but the only thing i have thought of since is, if that round had gone a little further and got stuck and i had fired the next round i just cant think about what could have happened, i tapped it out with a rod and on inspection it had a split neck but was it the split that had made this jam or was it just coincidence???

 

I have had a few plit necks since and wont fire them just in case and i know i should check every time you hear a click and i always do when i have a miss fire, and the miss fires are always in the .17 hmr round and only in the remmingtons...thanks for reading mal

[paulus 26]

as far as im aware cci are still making all 17hmr ammo in the same factory with the same machines only packaging and making aesthetic differences for each company

[tegater 789]

The occasional split neck in mine, have only ever happened as a result of firing, and have not been there prior to firing. They have always been on the inward shoulder of the neck.

[mal mason 7]

i have had a few split necks since and wont fire them and check every one before it goes in my shooting bag..

[paulus 26]

i have had a few split necks since and wont fire them and check every one before it goes in my shooting bag..

how do you know it will split before you fire them????

[mal mason 7]

i have had a few split necks since and wont fire them and check every one before it goes in my shooting bag..

how do you know it will split before you fire them????

i mean i wont fire the ones that have splits in them

[paulus 26]

i have had a few split necks since and wont fire them and check every one before it goes in my shooting bag..

how do you know it will split before you fire them????

i mean i wont fire the ones that have splits in them

the splits happen after they have been fired

[bewsher500 3]

dont be daft, half the entries in the spread sheet is made up of splits before they are fired

 

thats the problem IMO, cases are letting in moisture which is causing anomolies in MV or misfires, squibs etc

 

either way, do us all a favour and log them.

 

if we can demonstrate a constant issue with quality control then there is at least a central log of issues rather than "mine are fine" and "my mate once had a squib"

 

too many barrels are being replaced and rounds returned

[paulus 26]

dont be daft, half the entries in the spread sheet is made up of splits before they are fired

 

thats the problem IMO, cases are letting in moisture which is causing anomolies in MV or misfires, squibs etc

 

either way, do us all a favour and log them.

 

if we can demonstrate a constant issue with quality control then there is at least a central log of issues rather than "mine are fine" and "my mate once had a squib"

 

too many barrels are being replaced and rounds returned

i have never seen one thats split prior to being fire but have seen plenty of split fired cases, as the heat upon combustion anneals the cases and causes an odd one or two of them to split, this has not effect upon the rounds performance at all its been happening since the introduction of the calibre and will continue to happen due to the wall thickness of the neck of the round.