Carrier? Huh.
Anything can and will have flaws. Just the way things are.
Trapper-
Understand back in the day- I was shooting a stone's throw from where Big Green made Shotshells, even shot on their range. I never used Rem ammo.
I grew up with Win ammo for Shotguns. AA COMPRESSION formed hulls were the bees knees. I reloaded using only Win Components, from powder to wad, to even shot.
I liked the AA hull for reloading, stayed with what worked, and had too many pattern sessions for various loads in all 4 gauges.
First time I Had to use a Factory loading, I went with Fiocchi, this surprised some folks, I did not, nor do I tell everything I know. Private Ranges and Fields and such, I had also done Fiocchi load testing, including using Fiocchi reloading components. I had also done so with Federal.
I had not gotten into reloading Feds, with the components I had, and Fed needing spl components, had a couple of guys that did, so we did for each other. We made a deal on what loads worked for each of our guns [did the reloading on site and patterned right there] made notes and trusted each other , I did Fiocchi and AA for them.
Have a plan, a backup plan, if you will.
Mandated new Win had to used, the 20 and .410s were bad. Hot day, and I had 4 in a row of the .410 not fire, IIRC had a total of 12 out of a 100 goof up. I got rattled. I was not the only one that day - that had a bad day.
I used to watch my competition, just show up and watch, not shoot, get used to the range, the traps and targets. I watched Rem Factory loads do this.
I was watching guns too. 1187s were new, and these things were not reliable. My buddy got one, shot it one tourney and went back to his Beretta 303.
I was still shooting a SX1, everyone else had moved to newer guns. I stayed with the Citori, when folks moved on. I stayed with Ammo - my reloads when new stuff came out.
Nothing wrong with new stuff, always been one to let the bugs get worked out, and see how matters play out.
If I had not bought a SX1, I would have gone with the Beretta 303 , I later aquired 303 in 12 and 20. 1100s I bought 'right' these too were proven, just folks had to have the latest greatest and whatever the big boys were shooting.
I do my reloads,or Fiocchi. I have some other druthers on Paper hull loads , or plastic hull loads and such, depends on gun for task and that task. Folks want a "one size fits all" - ain't gonna happen. Got my druthers on guns too.
Folks used to snicker at my reloaded lavender Fiocchi hulls, then the snickering stopped at they were fighting off skeeters , skeeters not really bothering me, I was in a shoot-off, they were were watching - not shooting.
Using them 'old' guns I ought to get rid off, retire and get with on the new.
Can't buy it - gotta earn it.
