What's Your Biggest Concern

[Dean Romig]

Good point John -

I'll qualify my statement by saying that I only shoot RST shells or my own low-pressure reloads, according to the published load data by the powder manufacturer.
We don't all have easy access to the ammo recommended by the gun manufacturer and certainly not many of us have the original hang tags or the loads our particular gun was tested/patterned/proofed with so we need to practice common sense.
Brother Bruce Day has access to Parker Brothers load recommendations and posts it up here for us from time to time.
Myself not being an open-country bird hunter (pheasant, sharptail, prarie chicken) or a waterfowl hunter, I opt for somewhat lighter loads for my type of hunting and clays shooting.





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[C.O.B.]

The barrels are the first concern then the wood. That stock is also 100 +/- years old. Unlike some here I don't advocate Wally World shells especially do to the stock concerns. IF I shoot factory ammo it's low pressure and light loads. I don't need an 1 1/8 th or even 1 oz load of shot to kill a bird or break a target. If your on your on and have gone mostly to 3/4 oz loads.