Boss Bismuth loads
Posted: Mon Jan 30, 2023 7:55 pm
I recently purchased 2 cases of Boss bismuth duck loads in #4 & #5's. I've hunted ducks for over 45 years and never had the disappointment that I've had with their reliabilty. They knock the heck out a duck, I'll give them that, but I have shot less than 2 boxes of shells so far and have experienced 4 misfires in 2 hunts! I have only had 2 misfires previously in thousands of shells over the years. The 4 misfires happened in both my Browning Maxus and my Remington 11-87. I reached out to the company and they blamed my guns or lack of cleaning to cause short strikes and therefore failure to fire. I assured them that was not the case as the guns are well cared for and have fired every other shell I've shot through them this season without problems. I even sent a picture of a well indented primer. They claim that they have not had any other reports of this problem. That may be true if no one has reported it to them, but I know another hunting partner of mine has had 2 misfires so I know it is not an isolated incident. Has anyone else on this site had problems with these shells? I'd like to know if somehow I got the only bad batch of primers/shells?