A bolt 22.250 Posted July 9, 2020 Report Share Posted July 9, 2020 (edited) Hi all I bought the above rifle secondhand a while ago and only got around to shooting it last week. i purchased some 30gr Hornady ammo and went out to zero it initially it looked ok the rifle was on the centre of the target after 5 shots 6th shot there was an almighty bang bits of debris came out the action once the smoke had cleared I tried to open the bolt but The force made the extractor claw come out of its housing and jammed the bolt I managed to get it out and could see that the case head had completely separated from the case and I had to take the rifle home to extract it from the chamber. i thought perhaps a doggy load a few days later I tried again I put the last 14 rounds through it and couldn’t get it to group much more than 3” and I had 8 out of the 20 rounds with badly split cases. Has anyone else experienced this the rifle looks in good shape and the trigger is superb could it be the ammo I now Hornady 17hmr ammo is rubbish but I thought there centre fire stuff was ok? i welcome your feedback on this as if it’s the rifle I might get it rebarrled. Edited July 9, 2020 by A bolt 22.250 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capt Christopher Jones Posted July 10, 2020 Report Share Posted July 10, 2020 i have a 1517 & use Hornady red tip ammo, nt had a bad round yet & tighter than a nuns nasty too. A mate has same rifle & bought some Hornady ammo off of somebody, red & blue tip, i told him to dump the blue tip but no, he tried them rather than waste them, he found they were inaccurate & had 2 squibs, he dumped them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rewulf Posted July 10, 2020 Report Share Posted July 10, 2020 11 hours ago, A bolt 22.250 said: i welcome your feedback on this as if it’s the rifle I might get it rebarrled. The gun sounds a danger to yourself and others, get a gunsmith to look it over, I wouldnt fire again until its been checked over. Re barrelling in expensive, probably more than the gun is worth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old farrier Posted July 10, 2020 Report Share Posted July 10, 2020 10 minutes ago, Rewulf said: The gun sounds a danger to yourself and others, get a gunsmith to look it over, I wouldnt fire again until its been checked over. Re barrelling in expensive, probably more than the gun is worth. This ^^^^^^ never worth the time spent in hospital you were lucky Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A bolt 22.250 Posted July 10, 2020 Author Report Share Posted July 10, 2020 4 hours ago, Old farrier said: This ^^^^^^ never worth the time spent in hospital you were lucky You say it’s expensive but if the action is alright and you take into consideration that I paid £400 for the rifle and it’s sat in a nice McMillan stock I bought for it as the old stock was trashed. And a new one is £1500 + surly I could get it rebarreld for around £1000 or less and I might even get it done in .17 hornet as new one of those at S.P.C is advertised at £1850 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old farrier Posted July 10, 2020 Report Share Posted July 10, 2020 7 minutes ago, A bolt 22.250 said: You say it’s expensive but if the action is alright and you take into consideration that I paid £400 for the rifle and it’s sat in a nice McMillan stock I bought for it as the old stock was trashed. And a new one is £1500 + surly I could get it rebarreld for around £1000 or less and I might even get it done in .17 hornet as new one of those at S.P.C is advertised at £1850 Now there’s a bit more information to work with 👍 iv seen a couple of 17 hmr virtually destroyed by duff ammunition with owners luckily escaping serious injury so I would still recommend going to a good gunsmith and getting it sorted maybe there’s a reason for it being sold on Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rewulf Posted July 10, 2020 Report Share Posted July 10, 2020 12 minutes ago, A bolt 22.250 said: You say it’s expensive but if the action is alright and you take into consideration that I paid £400 for the rifle and it’s sat in a nice McMillan stock I bought for it as the old stock was trashed. And a new one is £1500 + surly I could get it rebarreld for around £1000 or less and I might even get it done in .17 hornet as new one of those at S.P.C is advertised at £1850 Around £600 for a new barrel, is the bolt OK ? It still needs a visit to a gunsmith, and I mean a GUNSMITH , not someone who knows a bit about guns 😏 Or , you could buy a whole new gun ? https://www.gunstar.co.uk/anschutz-1730-bolt-action-22-hornet-rifles/rifles/1174727 for the same money. Its pointless talking about what they are new , as yours isnt new, what you are suggesting is spend near enough the value of a new one to make your broken 2nd hand one work ? Why would you do that ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foxbuster Posted July 10, 2020 Report Share Posted July 10, 2020 Sorry to hear about your issues with the rifle mate, hope you get it sorted. With regards to the 30 grain bullets, that must be seriously motoring with that load!? I’ve always used 50 or 55g Hornady BT’s and found them spot on. You sure the groupings aren’t great due to the light round? Just asking as by no means an expert in ballistics👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foxbuster Posted July 10, 2020 Report Share Posted July 10, 2020 13 minutes ago, foxbuster said: Sorry to hear about your issues with the rifle mate, hope you get it sorted. With regards to the 30 grain bullets, that must be seriously motoring with that load!? I’ve always used 50 or 55g Hornady BT’s and found them spot on. You sure the groupings aren’t great due to the light round? Just asking as by no means an expert in ballistics👍 My bad, was looking at your user name🙈👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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