The Down Range Forum
Member Section => Down Range Cafe => Topic started by: fightingquaker13 on June 03, 2009, 08:45:49 PM
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Has anyone used Rio or Wolf or Estate? Cabelas has Rio at $129 per 200. I can also find Remington at a buck per by the fifty. Sounds like a good price for the lesser brands, but only if it goes bang. Anythoughts or suggestions?
FQ13
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I've used Estate loads for clay birds. They always went bang and sometimes even busted the bird.
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estate makes a decent target load, some of my guins like it, others don't.
the thing about shot guns is, each one is diffrent. you can take 2 guns that are 1 number apart, and they will pattern very diffrently.
in other word, buy a box and go try them.
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Can't talk to the quality of Rio. I have seen it at a lot of ranges, and I haven't heard anything bad about it.
Estate is Federal low end ammo. I have shot a lot of it at the range, and I have even used it hunting a couple times. At the ranges I shoot at I have never heard a complaint about it. The biggest difference is that it uses soft metal bases (aluminum I believe). Most say it can't be reloaded. I have reloaded many trap rounds. I have no problem with the first reload, but in testing I have found that on the second or third reload the base will not hold primers. I believe it is the soft metal stretching or eroding. If you are into this it is a great option for lost brass three gun matches - shot once new at range + reload and shoot again = still cheaper than throwing away good hulls or shooting new Estate only at the match ... I've got too much desk time when on call to figure this stuff out :'(