I've also had pierced Cheddite primers in reloads fired in Model 12 pump guns and also when shooting factory 16-gauge Remington Game Load shells with black hulls. I don't know whose primers are used in the Rem Game Loads but they don't look like standard Remington 209's, and they're not Cheddites. No real problem in the Model 12's; I just shortened/rounded the firing pin tip on the lathe for about .050" protrusion from the breech bolt face. Just goes to show how primers have changed in metallurgy since these vintage guns were made.
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