Low-pressure Factory Shells

[Mike of the Mountain]

Originally Posted by Barron Brittingham

@John Dallas, chokes are Mod/Full. Is there a certain choke that works for non-tox? Is steel the only non-tox that would be a problem... I believe Bismuth / Tungsten are softer?

@Everyone else, thank you. Great feedback. Going shopping for shells

It has always been my understanding that even with modern guns you do not want to shoot steel with anything tighter than Mod. Tungsten is not softer than steel. It is harder and even more dense than lead. That said we shoot tungsten shells in turkey guns choked F/XF and in a BSS choked LM/IM. The bismuth, matrix, ITX are good non-tox to shoot in vintage guns. For the little bit of waterfowl shooting I do, ITX is on the bench to load. I do have TSS too but usually load that for turkeys.

[Mike of the Mountain]

As for what shells to use for clays or upland in your VH? I use Fiocchi, Nobel, Remington, B&P, Federal, RST..... 1 oz and 1200 FPS or less for clays. Keep the velocity reasonable and payload no more than 1 1/8 oz for hunting and you'll be just fine with that gun.