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22 LR Super X split brass?

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treefarmer
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Long story short, a very knowledgeable shooter friend came to our place to shoot a few rounds with a grandson that is going to Parris Island in the near future. I rode down to where they were shooting 3 different 22's, a Rossi pump, a Marlin bolt action and a Ruger Single-Six revolver. He said they had experienced some misfires and that some of the brass was splitting. New ammo from Walmart a few weeks ago. The misfires were in all the firearms so they are not the problem. Have any of you fellers ever seen this in new rimfire ammo? I've seen brass split in well used brass in reloads but this is new to me. Some of the cases split all the way back to the rim, my friend is sending some back to the mfg. for evaluation. The brass in the pic has about a 1/4" split and it lines up with the indention from the firing pin. Any thoughts?
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swissk31
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It could be most of the priming agent settled on one side causing higher pressures on that side.

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DaveT
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I found this article a while back while researching various .22 loads....pretty interesting about how difficult it is to
manufacture .22 rounds...

CHECK IT OUT:

http://www.americanrifleman.org/articles/Impossible-22-rimfire/

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X711
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i've never seen that in 22lr and if it happened in 3 different firearms its obviously a ammo issue.
is that winchester super x? or who makes it?

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Bossman
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i've never seen that in 22lr and if it happened in 3 different firearms its obviously a ammo issue.
is that winchester super x? or who makes it?

Bump! Tfarmer what kind was it ?

:saluting

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