What shells to shoot in Trojan/Vulcan barrels?

[Bruce Day]

I mostly use my 12ga finger. Probably a dime is the most used choke gauge. Some will have apoplexy about that.

I have an inexpensive Brownell's bore and choke gauge that I use. I have lust in my heart over those fancy and costly wall thickness gauge sets, I'll probably leave it at that.

By the way, most who know me know that I feel we make way too much about what loads to shoot and cartridge lengths. These Parkers were made for any reasonable load that didn't rattle your teeth or leave you black and blue. I don't think these super duper Golden Cloud Ultra Max Prairie Firestorm pheasant loads are appropriate for any gun or bird, but there are a lot of off the shelf loads that work fine.

[Drew Hause]

90% of us are likely adult males who can choose the degree of certainty we require when using our vintage doubles, while recognizing that we can't really know what the barrels have been subjected to in the last 100 years.
We do however have an obligation to make some reasonable effort (likely to be defined by a personal injury lawyer) to avoid injury to a shooting/hunting buddy (a grandchild?) by flying shrapnel.
https://docs.google.com/a/damascuskn...vwLYc-kGA/edit

A $120 Manson gauge from Brownell's is a small investment to help establish the safety of the gun we are using
http://www.brownells.com/gunsmith-to...prod20463.aspx

Or the excellent Hosford gauge
http://www.hosfordco.com/sporting-sh...ess-gauge.html

If we only shoot and hunt alone, we may certainly choose to do whatever we wish.