I haven't bought any in a while but a little over a decade ago I shot up somewhere between 20K and 25K of the Goldens (when they were about 2c a shot at Walmart). I experienced a VERY consistent "dud rate" of one to two percent (i.e., five to ten in a box of 550). I quickly learned not to waste time with a second strike on the duds--there was NO primer in them anywhere.
I also noticed at least four different levels of sound from the GBs, although, amazingly, this seemed to have no effect on either functioning or accuracy out to 50 yards. I don't recall any guns they wouldn't function in, but at least one gun would run 100% on them (the ones that fired, of course) and nothing else. They also turned out to be the MOST accurate load I tested in my Rem 581. Go figger.
I still have several thousand rounds of the things around here somewhere. At the rate I've been shooting lately, that's probably a lifetime supply.