I know everyone is going to cringe in horror and cry blasphemy but ever since the 1970's when Long Island NY was forced to us steel shot in 12 gauge guns for waterfowl hunting(many years before the national and statewide bans) I used steel shot in all my steel barreled 12's-Parker,Fox & Ithaca doubles. Win model 12's & 97's, Rem mod 31's & Ithaca mod 37's and still do. I measured chokes and still do and have found no differences since the 1970's. Barrels still ring true and bores are bright and shiny. No other problems have been found.Now I don't shoot thousands of round thru each gun but 100 to 200 would be the norm. When I can find non-tox ammo at reasonable prices I will buy it and use it since I have never found a normal steel load that can come close to the performance of lead and some of the non-tox stuff. Now my theory is unless the are truly valuable collectibles they were meant to be shot & not coddled and let the next guy, when I'm gone, make his own decisions and choices. Just my personal observations and choices.
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