Advice Needed For 16 Ga Shells

[Bruce Day]

I use Federal , Winchester , Remington , and Fiocchi in Parkers AHE, CHE , DHE and PHE , Damascus and fluid steel barrels and a Lefever EE with Krupp barrels. These are 16 ga guns.

Working barrel pressures were SAAMI at the time when made and ran about 10,500 PSI . All the above ammunition makers make 1 oz 2 1/2 DRE loads, although finding any in stock at present is difficult. I buy four or five cases of Federals when available. It is not necessary to use 2 1/2 inch expanded shell length cartridges. It will not make any practical difference except to make it difficult to find shells.