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I got caught a bit but I've managed with the right tools doing my hunting for me. Primers have been the worst of it so far for me. Biggest issue with PV is their site is terrible and crashes all the time when they release stuff so nobody can get in!

Powder valley also dropped clays this morning.

Definitely good info on the primer size. I've had a primer fall out of a 9mm before and opened a box of ammo and found it full of powder instead! I scored 10lbs of titewad off midsouth today. I think they still have some along with other hogdon powders too if anybody is looking still. It's about half what I need to load the primers I had but 10lbs of any one powder is all they'd let me have so it'll get me started and I'll snag some more soon. I got 8k hulls coming too. Now I just need to find shot and I'll at least have all the materials. Then I just have to figure out the load I want so that'll take some testing but having the materials is a good start.

Hmmm, I know of a place about a half hour from me that allows some clay shooting indoors. If anybody is getting the lead back it's them. Everywhere else around me is either slug only indoor or outdoor and I know they aren't trying to get shot back out of the woods! Yeah, it's not gonna be cheap but with cheap primers and free hulls it's still cheaper than buying new shells. I'm hunting 7.5.

Good to know about the primer sizes. I'll start with the smaller stuff and work my way up. Maybe when availability gets better I can be a bit more picky. I snagged what I could this spring when they popped up at 3.5 cents each. Scored the aa12 wads on powder valley who surprisingly had them and the site didn't crash. Now I just gotta track down more powder and lead. I suspect the lead will be the harder one to get.

Yeah, I've heard that. Looks like I may go with titegroup if I can't find titewad. I already use titegroup for my 9mm so I know I can generally get it. I'll probably go with the WAA12 wads. I've sort of got a mix of primers between cheddite, fiocchi and Winchester but there seem to be loads in the same ballpark for all those combinations and since I'm nowhere near pushing any limits at 1200fps I can make a pretty educated guess on powder charge and do some chrono work and figure it out.

Actually I did know I could use clean shot. I use it for my 9mm. Or at least I have been until I ran out and can't find anymore. I'll do my homework and see what I can find. Haven't gotten wads yet so that gives me a little more flexibility. Still new to shotgun loading but I've been doing pistol and rifle for years. I've got a bunch of hulls I've been saving, mostly AA. Also a mix of about 8k primers.

Definitely in for using what I can get my hands on. I got a steady stream of alerts coming in just not sure what to hunt for in them so that helps a lot. Hogdon stuff has been fairly consistent lately, other stuff is kinda hit and miss but if you're quick you can jump on it.

Anybody have any recommendations for best powder to use for 12ga 1200fps with a 1/18oz load that takes the least powder to get that velocity and is relatively readily available at this point?

Are you getting the 1200 fps stuff to run well or are you running the hotter STS Nitro stuff? I tried initially after break in to run a box of 1200 fps federal and it did run without malfunction but the shells were barely making it out of the ejection port. I've got another 100 or so 1280 fps round through it since then but I haven't tried 1200 fps again. I was hoping with a few more slightly hotter rounds through it would help with the cycling on the 1200 fps stuff.

After reading 64 pages and searching on my own I haven't been able to answer my own question so..... What's everyone liking for birdshot match ammo in these?

No, it won't. You need this between your handguard and the comp: https://www.a3gmunitions.com/product/a3gmunitions-com-extended-handguard-adapter-for-the-ria-vr80/

No issues for me getting a full 21 into my Legion. With the extra added length it's easier for me to get them to lock in at 21 than the 17 mags since the 17 mags are flush with the magwell when locked in.

Yeah, that monsoon at River Bend sucked! I shot stage 1 when it let up for a minute and then bailed on Stage 2, 3 and 4. I consoled myself with a new X5 Legion on the way home. Now I'm trying to decide between the Apex Forward Set trigger kit and Gray Guns Competition kit for my new Legion. I don't necessarily hate the factory trigger but I've been shooting an M&P with the Apex Forward set flat trigger and it's kind of ruined me. Now the Legion trigger just feels like it has way too much travel all over the place compared to my M&P and it's bugging me so I'm thinking it's time to upgrade and do something about it. The pull weight seems fine it's just the travel distance. I'm sort of leaning towards the Apex just because I know how much it improved my M&P but everyone keeps talking about the gray guns trigger. Which one does a better job with reducing the travel distance, preferably with a nice crisp break?