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Rio Shotgun Ammunition
Horse Plains Drifter
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Has anyone shot/owned any Rio 12ga ammo similar to the listing below? What do you think of it? I have a 250 round case of 2-3/4 00 buck I bought at a gun show 10-12 years ago, and have never opened it.
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If you're givin' it away, I'll drive up that way and take it off your hands! Heck, I might even buy you lunch!
I have never had a problem with it in 410 gauge, other than were they crimp the front it seems to be a little wider than most 410 shells I have used, causing them to be a little tight in loading but no problem extracting after being shot. Never used it in 12 gauge. Spanish made ammo.
While not apples to apples, we bought Rio #7 1/2 for my club’s turkey shoot one year. The price was right and was having a hard time finding Winchester so figured why not? Well, biggest mistake we ever made. Some shotguns wouldn’t extract the hulls and had to keep a dowel rod on the firing line to clear them. The QC was horrible, some were so full of shot that the crimps were bulging while others would rattle from not enough. Had to check hulls for too much plastic around the brass or they wouldn’t chamber. I cannot confirm because we never ran any over a chronograph to test, but we all felt like powder charges were very inconsistent. Guys with very good pattered guns would be peppering the heck out of their targets and then have one with maybe 20 pellets in it. People stopped coming and told us to let them know when we switched away from Rio. We ended up buying a different brand to finish the season. Might even have a few cases left in the storage room!!
Sorry for being long winded and not exactly what you are asking about but felt my experience with the stuff was worth throwing out for you.
@BobJudy I hope you are right about the move, I sure was embarrassed for them. Still boggles my mind that they would let them ship out as bad as they were.