Thread: 17hmr faulty ammo

It's quite a common thing. Seen a few blown up rifles here. Worst one the guy had flash burns to his hand and face.
The case starts of as a 22mag round where they add the primer compound which is spun in the case and rests in the bottom at the rim.
It's then necked down to .17 obviously they can't anneal the case as it's got the primer compound in it. So you end up with a few split cases. Used to be quite bad but seems there getting better at manufacturing the stuff.
I've seen them split even before firing. I'm sure if you have a look through your unfired ammo your sure to find a few.