I've recently had a couple of odd occurences with factory ammo. 
Please let me know what odd things you've had happen with factory ammo. And, tell me what you think of these (if anything):
First off, I noticed these wouldn't fit into the chamber of my S&W 617 (22). When I looked closely at them, I couldn't see a difference at first. But when I rolled them between my fingers, I could sense that the bullet was not parallel to the casing. You can see some of that in the photo. FWIW, they'e CCI Standard Velocity 22s. Just so happened that these two came from the same box. Other than this, I've had no problems through about 500 rounds of the same.
The second was something I noticed after firing these using a Python - cracked casings. Didn't check all of the casings closely, but saw this on two of 50 rounds. They also happen to be of CCI make - Blazer 357s. The cartridges were perhaps ten years old, but looked to be in fine shape before firing.
Please let me know what odd things you've had happen with factory ammo. And, tell me what you think of these (if anything):
First off, I noticed these wouldn't fit into the chamber of my S&W 617 (22). When I looked closely at them, I couldn't see a difference at first. But when I rolled them between my fingers, I could sense that the bullet was not parallel to the casing. You can see some of that in the photo. FWIW, they'e CCI Standard Velocity 22s. Just so happened that these two came from the same box. Other than this, I've had no problems through about 500 rounds of the same.
The second was something I noticed after firing these using a Python - cracked casings. Didn't check all of the casings closely, but saw this on two of 50 rounds. They also happen to be of CCI make - Blazer 357s. The cartridges were perhaps ten years old, but looked to be in fine shape before firing.
