Good call. However, several of these are still working fine after several months. Remember I'm using both poles, So I'm doubling the 8A rating. In my production Brownings, we use a 30-am 12volt Auto relay. There's just not enough room for them in an M4. The relay spec'd above isn't here yet to play with yet. This more about concept than component selection.
A closer look at the relay with the 'FET on top. The Relay comes on if we hook positive to the other coil contact and pull the trigger. Adding a small capacitor to the 'FET drain will feed the relay a few seconds longer after the trigger is released. Next, how the wiring looks for this.
EDIT:
After comparison to similarly-rated relays, I've determined that this one will support about 30A inductive per contact at 9volts. That's why they're surviving.
