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17 WSM Ammo 20 or 25 Grain?
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<blockquote data-quote="B1s BmagX2" data-source="post: 2267724" data-attributes="member: 116037"><p><span style="font-size: 15px">Thanks for the tip. I had a Savage 93 (HMR) some time back that was misfiring a lot. Never thought of the return spring being the culprit? I didn't worry much at the time since I already had my first WSM so the HMR sat in the gun safe until I sold it. I've only ever experienced one misfire, out of the thousands I've shot, with the WSM and it was the ammo, a real early batch from 2013. Just for the heck of it I took the misfired round and rotated it about 180 degrees and bang! I heard the early ammo was of poor quality?? Winchester was trying to get the stuff out to market, but I was told it hardly got past the east coast. I guess the reason was certain states have laws regarding using centerfire's for varmint, so the obvious answer was the WSM?? I had also heard it's very popular in Europe?? Could be the reason Volquartsen popped up about the same time the WSM was introduced?? Another weird thing about the ammo? Since Winchester makes all of it and the other brands just put their stamp on it how the heck Hornady can ask up to $30 a box?? I've bought Winchester and American Eagle for as little as $11 a box on sale. I have found it averages about $15 so what the heck ?? I like Hornady's ammo and reloading brass and bullets, but to double the price kind of makes me think a little less of them now. It is a pretty box though!!!! </span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="B1s BmagX2, post: 2267724, member: 116037"] [SIZE=4]Thanks for the tip. I had a Savage 93 (HMR) some time back that was misfiring a lot. Never thought of the return spring being the culprit? I didn't worry much at the time since I already had my first WSM so the HMR sat in the gun safe until I sold it. I've only ever experienced one misfire, out of the thousands I've shot, with the WSM and it was the ammo, a real early batch from 2013. Just for the heck of it I took the misfired round and rotated it about 180 degrees and bang! I heard the early ammo was of poor quality?? Winchester was trying to get the stuff out to market, but I was told it hardly got past the east coast. I guess the reason was certain states have laws regarding using centerfire's for varmint, so the obvious answer was the WSM?? I had also heard it's very popular in Europe?? Could be the reason Volquartsen popped up about the same time the WSM was introduced?? Another weird thing about the ammo? Since Winchester makes all of it and the other brands just put their stamp on it how the heck Hornady can ask up to $30 a box?? I've bought Winchester and American Eagle for as little as $11 a box on sale. I have found it averages about $15 so what the heck ?? I like Hornady's ammo and reloading brass and bullets, but to double the price kind of makes me think a little less of them now. It is a pretty box though!!!! [/SIZE] [/QUOTE]
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