Shooting current shells in old guns poll

[Leighton Stallones]

There have been a lot of articles on reloading for older guns . Most of us use slower burning powders such as Pb, 7625 etc. I use Greendot a lot and keep the pressures under 7000psi if possible. I dont like the faster burning powders because I believe the pressure curives are higher sooner and I would prefer having them peak later.

[Bill Murphy]

I shoot 2 3/4 DE 1 ounce Gun Clubs and Top Guns in my steel 12 and 20 gauge guns, 1 ounce 2 1/2 DE Game Loads in my 16 steel guns. I shoot 7/8 ounce reloads with Red Dot at just under 1200 fps in my Damascus twelves. One exception is that I shoot 1 1/4 ounce reloads with Herco to 1225 fps in my PHE Trap gun at pigeons. It has not shot much else since I started shooting it about ten years ago and it doesn't seem to show any wear. It was a pigeon gun for the seventy or eighty years before I started shooting it, and from its condition, I assume it has spent a few nights outdoors after the shoots. I would assume most of the shells shot through it were fast 1 1/4 ounce loads.