Rio brand buck shot or other bargains?

[fightingquaker13]

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

[blackwolfe]

I've used Estate loads for clay birds.  They always went bang and sometimes even busted the bird.

[TAB]

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.

[MikeBjerum]

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