Winchester 7mmWSM factory bad shell

[radracer1]

Hey Guys and gals I am new to this site but have read alot of helpful information. Now i hope some of you can help me with a problem. I bought a box of Winchester 7mm WSM ballistic silver tips from wally world over the weekend to sight my rifle in and notice one of the shells didn't look right. To me it looks like the body of the shell is shorter then the other 19. I was going to post some pictures but they are larger then 151kb, can someone tell me if this round is safe to shoot??? I got the pictures BUT not the best.

 

[jb1000br]

Are both headstamps identical?

If so, call Winny ASAP and send them back.

It is "probably safe" to shoot, but i wouldn't

JB

 

[jb1000br]

BTW -- put your camera in "Macro" mode and your pic will be focused,button looks like a little flower)

 

[Cheechako]

Do as JB says. Check the headstamps. Also, measure the bullet diameter of each. It's hard to tell from your photos but to my untrained eye one appears to be a 270 WSM and one a 7mm WSM. Don't shoot the odd one!

Ray

 

[radracer1]

Here is some better pictures. If you look at the necks they are not the same size along with the body of the shell.
One has a longer body with a shorter neck and the other is a longer neck with a shorter body. It almost looks like a 270 win necking.
1000-Yard Editor... thanks for the tip about the camera. This pictures look alot better the the others.

 

[Cheechako]

It sure looks like a Winchester screw up. I wouldn't send it back to Winchester. If it is indeed a factory error it will have some collector value. I'll buy it if no one else will. Seriously.

joyray@frontiernet.net

Ray

 

[radracer1]

I just got off the phone with my gunsmith at Spencer Rifle Barrels and he thinks it is a 300 WSM or a 270 WSM case that has been stamped with the 7mm WSM marking.

 

[Cheechako]

Those kind of errors happen occasionally but, thankfully, are usually caught by inspectors. I'm a wannabe cartridge collector and my offer to buy it still stands.

Ray

 

[radracer1]

At the last moment before introduction, it was discovered that there is a safety issue if someone were to forceably chamber a 7 WSM cartridge in a 270 WSM rifle. So, the 7 WSM was redesigned with its shoulder location moved .037" forward. This last-minute change caused confusion. 7 WSM ammo, rifles, and correct reloading dies were slow to reach market - trailing the 270 WSM which had been announced simultaneously. With Remington's 7 SAUM already in stores and the competing 270 WSM being well received, the 7 WSM was slow to gain momentum. It is still being dragged along on the coattails of its WSM siblings

 

[Happycamper]

I bought a boxs of federal 165 grain blasstic tip ammo
and the wrong bullets were in the boxs not blasstic tip
but the bullets were blue

I still got em some were in my collection i did not shoot em
something was wrong


cost abought 28.95 per boxs