The Franklin is lower priced, and being a locked breech, I believe a much better design.
Even the companies, other than Volquartsen, making an autoloader in .17 HMR have quit making them.
Just too much peak pressure involved with these small bore high pressure rounds to be safe in a blow back action.
If you have one, keep it immaculate, if you value your leading hand and it's digits.
If you send it back, odds are that it will be replaced with a .22 mag.