Two ammo brands I'll be avoiding...

[Scorpion8]

There was a thread on another forum about Remington perhaps changing suppliers, and the GC brass base sections going to thinner metal that deformed when de-priming, and perhaps even thin steel vice brass? I've been buying stocks of 1x GC's (based on Synchronizers recommendation) but haven't seen steel bases yet.

[Synchronizor]

The Gun Clubs have already been made with steel cups, for at least as long as I've been shooting. Some versions of those hulls use steel cups that are washed with a brass color, but are still clearly steel when tested with a magnet. It's the Premiere STS hulls that use real brass.

[Scorpion8]

I was pulling used hulls from the baskets at the range yesterday, my focus on green-hulled Gun Clubs or American Clay and Field (which reloads like a Gun Club). Oddly the GC's had all the brass-colored steel bases and the C&F have just a plain steel base. Ya wonder if they really think they're fooling anyone, or is it just a harkening back to a more nostalgic age.

[Tim Horton]

Not competition related, but ammo related......

Last year I bought a box of Blue Goose 12ga, 00 buck made by a small company in Alberta. It is high brass hulls, what little I have shot shoots well. The problem was the crimps. They looked as amateur as a first time re loader with a Lee Load All. I have seen that as a young neighbor guy started reloading. With experience he now produces a much nicer product.

When I emailed them they essentially said "live with it" I had to put a drop of glue on the end of each shell to assure they would stay closed. Like said they shoot well enough, pattern well enough for predator protection at the barns.

I won't be buying any more of there product.
My 5 cents of experience.

[Scorpion8]

If they shoot well and are affordably priced, why not buy more? The crimp issue may be that they're a small shop reloading/loading hulls on consumer-grade machines, not industrial assemblies. As long as shot isn't dropping out of the crimps, I'd go ahead and get more IMHO. Or keep an eye on them, and see if their quality improves with time.

[ChillyB]

When I was a kid neighbor loaned Dad a MEC600 and gave him some components so he could feed our ravenous 870s. We loaded scorched AA hulls with crispy crimps from a sack of "mystery shot" that was blend of whatever was leftover from near-empty bags. Dad taught us to always walk muzzle-up so shot wouldnt rattle down the barrel. We didnt have a resizer so some of those old shells would lock us up tight until Dad could free us up. Us three boys sure were competitive with each other. Pity the fool who went home with empty game bag. That's all you'd hear about until the next hunt, which was about every day after school.

[TyraNoah]

Your arguments pretty useful and enlightening. There's a lot that I wasn't sure of and that I dint consider in purchasing my arms. Now more educated than I were.

[Scorpion8]

Now more educated than I were.

Wait for it....

[BKinzey]

Now more educated than I were.

Wait for it....

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Ok, I suppose we must.

[Scorpion8]

Wait? We can see the spam from here!

Ok, I suppose we must.

Well, it's good they is mo' edumicated than they was. Or were.