My family and I have always used steel shot in our waterfowl guns since New York imposed it in the late 1970's. Guns were Win. 1897's & early model 1912's, Fox, Parker, Ithaca and Sauer doubles in mostly mod & full chokes shot size from #1 to #6 steel. I never saw any damage to either metal or wood over the next 20 years and I spent a huge amount of time on the bays and expended lots of rounds. Granted I did not have access to sophisticated tools to accurately measure any slight differences but trust me there were none. I switched to other non-toxic loads mainly because early steel rounds didn't kill worth a s---, current steel loads seem to do much better. Just my experience and I totally agree with the British experts.
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