r/canadaguns • u/ooTurtle1999 • Apr 06 '26
Shooting Canuck Pioneer & Challenger Target Load
Got a 100 pack of ‘Challenger Target Load’ and it failed to eject 90% of the time.
Obviously the biggest thing I want out of a shotgun is to skeet shoot with, but I also don’t wanna fork out thousands for a shotgun just to target shoot with.
This gun is brand new and has only had target loads through it. I did buy a pack of ‘Winchester Super X Heavy Game #2 Shot’ and it worked just fine. Both shells being 2 3/4”.
Do I just need to break it in? Should I try Federal Target Load? Do I just get rid of this gun…?
What do yall think. Thanks 😊
Update: Winchester & Federal Target Loads run just fine. They are a bit heavier of a load.
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u/stalker_thezone Apr 07 '26
To be fair all guns have a break in period. You need to run heavier loads for a period of time to wear the gun in a bit. Then you can start running the lighter shells. Clean and oil the gun prior to use as well. The greasy oily stuff that was on the gun when brand new is packing oil, not gun oil. Sure this is a cheaper shotgun, but turkey is literally the shotgun capital of the world and produces thousands of firearms. But they do tend to skimp a bit with fit and finish sometimes... So just run the gun hard for the first little while, clean, run again, clean, run again for about the first 3-400 rnds. Then get back to us