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Offline 06xlt

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« on: October 05, 2003, 12:28:49 PM »
:cry: just wondering if anyone else has had any trouble with the v-max rounds key-holing(tumbling)--it shoots great with cci??
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« Reply #1 on: October 07, 2003, 05:12:50 PM »
First, welcome aboard!

Second, in the 17HMR the Hornady/Rem rounds shoot best in most rifles of my acquaintence. For me, the CCI won't feed, won't shoot and won't disintegrate.  :(  Not much choice involved when I buy ammo!

I've never heard of them (V-Max's) tumbling or keyholing. It's such a stubby little bullet that understabilizing them would be unlikely. They DO however, take off for parts unknown after encountering something as inconsequential as a full-blossom dandelion! Not to be a wiseass but are you sure you haven't hit something? Has the bore been scrubbed lately? Can't imagine how else something like that could happen .....

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« Reply #2 on: October 08, 2003, 12:05:51 PM »
no im sure we havent hit anything--we've got an open 100 yard sight-in range and it was doing this through a whole box of ammo!!
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« Reply #3 on: October 08, 2003, 12:19:10 PM »
I would say theres a problem with your barrel. Maybe the crown?  KN
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« Reply #4 on: October 09, 2003, 01:57:02 PM »
yeah i thought that also but how come it shoots so good with cci??(1/4"groups easily at 100 yards) :?
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« Reply #5 on: October 09, 2003, 04:14:20 PM »
Thats a wierd one. Im shooting Contenders in 17HMR and have very little difference with accuracy or point of impact between the different brands. What kind of rifle are you shooting?  KN
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« Reply #6 on: October 10, 2003, 05:16:20 PM »
new england handi-rifle with BSA's new "sweet-17" scope
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« Reply #7 on: November 25, 2003, 11:33:51 AM »
I have to say that I am probably one of Hornady's best customers when it comes to the 17HMR.  I have shot countless rounds at paper targets and Montana gophers.  I have never seen a keyhole in any paper.  In my gun, a 17v Marlin, they both shoot just the same.  But if you're talking gophers, the CCI doesn't hold a candle to the Hornady.  They don't seem to expand as well.  The V-Max looks like someone took a sledge hammer and squashed the litter critter's guts out!!!
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« Reply #8 on: November 25, 2003, 12:41:41 PM »
A good solid hit at 50yds will just about tear an average sized prarie bog in half. Ya gotta love it.   KN
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