i too shoot steel shot thru my double barrel guns..mostly thru a lc smith with modified chokes both barrels..so far the barrels and wood are holding up great.. i shoot bb and no 2 steel shot and it will kill a woody duck at 50 yards ever shot.these were 1 1/4 in 2 3/4 and 3 inch length shells at 1300 fps...i would buy the no tox other brands except they cost way to much for me....charlie

Has anyone out there suffered damage from steel to a classic double? If so under what circumstances? I won't do it mainly out of fears for the stock. I could not care less for a classic pump.

I'll never forget my buddy Kenny Clements face when he showed me the big fat ring bulge behind the choke in his Winchester Model 23 that was caused by steel. Or my high school friend Dale Dodd's Stevens 520 that had grooves deep as rifling in the barrel from early steel shells.

I think Jeff is singing off my song sheet.

I have never had anyone show me a gun ruined by modern steel shells, assuming a choke that was Modified or more open, and shot size no bigger than 2. Time for Sherman Bell to do another test on this.

You are correct, of course. I actually use 1 1/8 oz of Nice shot in #2 for 2 3/4" goose load which works fine over decoys and that is how I usually shoot them. I have also loaded 1 1/4 oz of #2 bismuth for geese with good results. I seem to get them at loner ranges OK with the tightly choked 32" barreled gun.

I have purchased both bulk bismuth and bulk Nice shot from Precision Reloading.

Snowing but still no birds. Will see what happens.
-plc-

I've had good results hand loading 1 1/4 oz #2s ITX non-toxic high density premium shot pushed by 32 grains of IMR SR 7625 powder. Easy to do with a Lee loader. This recipe provides a 111 pellet count in my 1884 10 ga. Parker hammer Gun and is strong medicine for Canada Geese in Maryland.

noel that sounds like a good load you have there..bet it will reach out there...charlie

What case, primer, and wad do you use? It would be hard to think of a better way to burn up 7625.

It's my intention to load by weight 1 1/4 ounce of Bismuth #1 in a SP-10 pushed with 30-32 grains of SR7625 . I'll use that load in all my Short 10's .