A friend of a friend recently bought a CZ rifle in 17 Hornet.
He ordered 30 boxes, 750 rnds, of Hornady factory ammo from Midway USA.
Thinking that would give ammo to shoot and 750 rnds. of brass for reloading.
When the ammo arrived he noticed that the primers were staked in.
My friend had previously bought factory 17 Hornet ammo and found that the brass with staked primers had over size primer pockets. The reason for staking in the primers thus making them unusable for reloading.
My friends friend called Midway and made a complaint. Midway says that all ammo sales are final with no returns.
He then calls Hornady and they say there is nothing they can do about it. They state that only 10% of shooters are reloaders so they didn`t see it as an issue.
Hornady had a bunch of brass with out of spec (oversize) primer pockets and staked them in rather than discard them. Seems Hornadys QC is not what we hoped.
There is rumors that some of their 204 bras has the same issue.
BTW, Hornaday told him the brass is NOT safe to reload....dale
He ordered 30 boxes, 750 rnds, of Hornady factory ammo from Midway USA.
Thinking that would give ammo to shoot and 750 rnds. of brass for reloading.
When the ammo arrived he noticed that the primers were staked in.
My friend had previously bought factory 17 Hornet ammo and found that the brass with staked primers had over size primer pockets. The reason for staking in the primers thus making them unusable for reloading.
My friends friend called Midway and made a complaint. Midway says that all ammo sales are final with no returns.
He then calls Hornady and they say there is nothing they can do about it. They state that only 10% of shooters are reloaders so they didn`t see it as an issue.
Hornady had a bunch of brass with out of spec (oversize) primer pockets and staked them in rather than discard them. Seems Hornadys QC is not what we hoped.
There is rumors that some of their 204 bras has the same issue.
BTW, Hornaday told him the brass is NOT safe to reload....dale
