I've always looked at it this way. I would never put myself 40 yards down range and have someone fire the lightest load, lowest pressure shot shell known directly at me. As far as I'm concerned, they all will do the job on a bird, so I take it easy on the old guns and have not had any change in how the birds drop compared to heavy loads fired from "modern" pumps and autos. If the bird is unfortunate enough to find itself within the pattern of any type of shotshell I've ever used, they have become dinner. That has been my experience over 5+ decades of the chase.
Cheers,
Jack
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