ingwe, I went with a 17 Rem mostly because I'm a lefty and well, options were limited at the time. That and it seems brass is easier to find for the Remington then it is for the FB. The 17's seem to suffer from neck splitting more than any other case I've owned, especially when you start pushing towards 4000, but YMMV.
I cant speak to HV shooting as far as heat, but cleaning wise I'm north of 200 rounds without cleaning it (bore snake only) and it's still shooting dime size groups with 25gr Hornadys and 4320. At 24gr of powder I get just under 300 rds/lb and velocities ~3850.
