If I read Henry's post correctly he said his club will require steel in the field. I take that to mean while shooting planted upland birds.
The costs of the low pressure Non-Tox loads is a moot point for hunting purposes. If you can afford a Parker Re-pro to shoot a few planted birds every year, you can surely afford the extra cost of the ammo to protect your gun for the long haul. When you get right down to it ammo is the lowest cost item on any hunting outing and for some reason we seem to agonize over this cost more than any other. When I think of the money I've spent on guns, dogs, trucks and all the goodies that go with the game, ammo is cheap even if it would cost $40.00 a box.
But I agree that when your target shooting and going through hundreds of rounds the cost would become a factor. If I was having to shoot steel for target games. I would either find another place to shoot or I would buy a newer gun that was designed for steel and the heavy pounding that hundreds of rounds would put on the gun. Just my opinion but a Parker re-pro 20ga doesn't fit that bill.
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