That's me Virginia. I'm 39 and I've shot a ton of shells including Remington, Federal, Winchester and Hornady. I generally let my rifles tell me what they like best. But, in all those years at the range and in the woods I have never had a cartridge snap or misfire. Not saying it doesn't happen but if it was a consistently bad problem with one company verses the others then you can bet your a$$ ,with the number of shells I fire a year, I would have noticed it by now.