They say one can't make a "silk purse out of a sow's ear" and my Elsie is still an O grade, but she is a very presentable shotgun now. Cody polished the bores and honed them just a bit, he didn't want to take off too much, they measure .030 at their thinnest.
Looking at them now, they look extremely solid. Keith Kearcher said he'd be comfortable shooting them with standard 2&3/4" target loads, the chambers are long enough. I think so too. RST shells are even lighter loads than the old BP. I usually shoot #8 Rio or Estate target loads. I think I'll be find shooting them in the Elsie which is now an IC/Mod gun vise F/F. I'll try it at skeet.
