The Brits say steel shot and vintage guns is OK

[Stan Hillis]

Worth Matthewson wrote, in his book Big December Canvasbacks that for many years after the mandate of steel shot for waterfowl he continued using his tightly choked L C Smith, with 2s and 3s as I recall. He had to take it to a gunsmith for some minor repair not concerning the barrels and the gunsmith measured his chokes, surprising Worth about how tight they were. The old warrior had been belching out those big steel shot loads for years with no discernible damage.

If I were to do so though, I'd stick with smaller shot sizes that that. I have, however, been shooting steel, up to and including size 3s, in my 30" barreled BSS for ages, with no damage. I had the left barrel's choke opened to the same as the right came from the factory, .018".

[Mike of the Mountain]

This is the second recent article on steel through vintage guns. The other is about the upcoming mandate for all hunting in the UK. Once again the Brits caved to anti-gun, anti-hunting pressure. The reason for the upcoming mandate for steel usage is the overwhelming majority of game taken is sold for public consumption. They are trying to say that humans will eat lead pellets and then get lead poisoning. That is ass. As a tag along item, they are now required by the Home Office to have a doctor sign off on any firearm permit and their social media profiles will be scanned by law enforcement to make sure they can have the priviledge of owning a firearm. It's not a right over there.

[Mike of the Mountain]

Originally Posted by Stan Hillis

I have, however, been shooting steel, up to and including size 3s, in my 30" barreled BSS for ages, with no damage. .

Stan, the BSS and Win 21 guns are completely different animals. We can shoot even stupid shells (1400 FPS 1 1/4 oz) through them. 1350 FPS 1 1/8 oz of #5 are brutal on crows when shot through a BSS with an ISIS system.