12 Ga. Vulcans and 1250 fps?
 

Can V Grade barrels is excellent condition take 1250fps loads safely?

Sam

Yep

sure can.. charlie

1250 is only marginally more than loads considered "Lite"

most of time it is not the barrels but the wood that can't take the pounding. i am not saying these are heavy loads, unless they are 1 1/2 ozs. at 1250. the barrels would take it but wood would take a pounding. :) i keep my loads at 1100 fps for 1 1/8th and under and my 1 1/4 oz bismuth duck / goose loads at 1150 or so scott

Most 2-frame 12-gauge VH-/VHE-Grades that have been in use since the introduction of high velocity loads in 1922 have digested thousands of 1330 fps, 1 1/4 ounce, Super-X type loads. Many have probably digested their fair share of 1 1/2 ounce 12-gauge 2 3/4 inch magnums since their introduction in 1955, also.

We do know of a scarce few 1-frame 12-gauge guns that were marked on the barrels "For Standard Velocity Only". But, a decade later, Remington wasn't marking their 1/2-frame VHE-Grades "For Standard Velocity Only".

yes, and they might be the guns with the cracked and pined stock we see today. i am just saying the wood is 80 to 120 years old. and like my shoulder, they can't take as much pounding as when they (we) were younger :crying: scott