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I had a problem with the Monarch green box in my 45 last weekend. A friend gave me half a box he had left over and I decided to get rid of it. Free is good, right? Imagine my surprise when there was no shot, just a pop and small flash. And then my pistol was jammed. I managed to get the action apart to find the case stuck in the chamber. After gently prying the case enough to get the extractor out, the case came out. A reloading friend pulled the bullet for me and found that the primer was set into the case, but there was never a hole punched for the primer to ignite the powder and fire the round. I don't think it screwed up my gun, but I'll find out tomorrow when I get back to the range. You can shoot Monarch if you like, but I think I'll avoid it like the plague. Yeah, I know, any manufacturer could have the same problem. But the worst problem I've heard about with WWB is that the weights are all very inconsistent.