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Brand doesn't make any difference, ALL 17hmr ammo is made by CCI in their Lewiston plant.
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I've had the problem but only with the CCI ammo. So far I've not seen this neither the Remington or Hornady. With my gun it is not a cleaning problem as it seems I always have one out of the first 5 will split after it has been cleaned. Both the Remington and Hornady use the Hornady V-Max bullet and the CCI use a Speer TNT. I have look at both and the only thing that I see that might make a difference is the two types of bullets seem to have different crimp points, meaning the V-Max bullet sits a little deeper in the casing than the Speer TNT. So there is my two pennies.
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I also have only had it happen with CCI now I think of it. Another possible solution is that the something fouling things up in the barrel was a burr or something like that. My gun hasn't done this after the first 100 rounds or so. Maybe the "burr" or whatever was in there wore down. However, I don't shoot the CCI's out of it anymore either.
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It would be natural to believe that, but it doesn't appear to be true, although problems seem to vary from gun to gun and from batch to batch of shells used. Accuracy of the loads in different guns vary from brand to brand, and some of the loads seem more prone to cracking than others. Don't know why, as it is made in the same plant, but that's what appears to be the case from what the guys on Rimfire Central report.