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Message: <blockquote data-quote="rjbrooks7" data-source="post: 3642567" data-attributes="member: 4294">As for the barrel malfunction, I really think it was a combination of a hot load and a lock beginning to fail. Outside of true competition target loads such as AA’s, Remy Golds, and Mirage Grands, game/field loads (like 1oz SuperX, Remy Gun Club, Federal Top Gun) are seriously loaded with what’s swept up off the floor in the factory. A mix of who knows what powder. No true measure of which powder because there’s an indetermined amount of flavor X, flavor Y, etc. For reference, I didn’t really believe this was true when I got serious into sporting clays, so I put my snow tube on my SBE, got a chronograph and a box of Top Guns. I actually generated a spreadsheet. I’ll have to see if I still have it, but from memory, the lowest muzzle velocity was less than 1000FPS, and one was higher than 1560?!?! The amount of powder needed to propel 1oz of #7.5 almost 1600FPS is the equivalent of more than a Remington Express 7.5 coming out at 1400FPS. That’s borderline catastrophic failure in an aluminum based thin plastic hull.If you’re going to shoot competition, or just hone your skills for upland and waterfowl, shoot a quality target load. They don’t cost that much more and they’re much more consistent. Think about it this way-your leading a left to right target. You’re used to a 1200FPS shell. At 30 yards, you’re lead is about an inch in your sight window? 30% difference either way means you totally miss the clay. What if it happens twice in a 100 target event? That’s the difference in second and fourth place. What if it’s on Bob Whites in Roger Mills county? They’re so hard to find right now, you might not get another shot at them until next year!</blockquote>

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