Vintage Barrel Steel Composition

[Kirk Mckinney]

Drew thanks for the clarification. As I said I'm new. Could I ask you what you would consider a safe pressure for this gun. 6000 and down 7000 and down, 8000. If it were yours where would the limit be for you. My skeet loads are 6150 and down. But hope to develop a non toxic load for ducks. But I want to be safe. And want to preserve the integrity of my beautiful gun.

[Drew Hause]

Here you go Kirk
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1...vwLYc-kGA/edit

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1...UOZEFU/preview

1914 A.H. Fox Gun Co. catalog recommended 12g loads (courtesy of David Noreen)
DuPont, “E.C.”, and “Schultze” Bulk Smokeless 3 Dram 1 1/8 oz.
Dense Infallible 20 - 24 grains with 1 1/8 oz. shot
Dense Ballistite 20 - 22 grains with 1 1/8 oz. shot

1 1/8 oz. 3 Dram Equivalent of BULK Smokeless was 6500 - 7500 psi.
1 1/8 oz. 3 Dr. Eq. of DENSE Smokeless was 8,500 - 10,000 psi.

[Kirk Mckinney]

Cool. Thanks a million Drew. So I guess I was playing it real safe. If I could ask just one more quick question. Do you think it would hurt my barrels to shoot bismuth with a fiber wad ? Thanks again for the info it will help me very much. See you in the field

[Drew Hause]

Bismuth is as soft as lead. You should ask the manufacturer for the load pressure; RST is happy to provide that information.