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Unread 07-23-2025, 03:32 PM   #81
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Originally Posted by Clark McCombe View Post
A novice question:
is it advisable or safe, to use new shells in an old gun, specifically 1 oz steel shot 1165 fps in a 1918 16 ga.
or 1 oz steel 1325 fps in a 1928 12 ga.
Now that I have these Parkers, I'm almost afraid to use them after doing some reading.
My son was looking at a new Beretta. I was trying to talk him out of it, but now Im not so sure...
If I was contemplating using steel shot I'd buy a brand new shotgun with a fixed, no tighter than mod choke. If the gun has screw in chokes, which is pretty common nowadays, I'd use the two most open chokes. Now that is just me. Nor am I an expert on shotguns. I bought an oldish Spanish double once that had a bulge in the barrel that looked like a chicken egg. Ruined the gun, of course. I took it to Keith Kurshier, he took out the egg and opened the chokes. Great shotgun and pretty, but I still, and will never, shoot steel shot thu it.
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