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Hawg Haggen wrote: "The older barrels are softer than modern ones and steel shot is harder, plus steel shot has to have more velocity to perform well. Eventually you will have a damaged barrel if its not proofed for steel shot. "
Hawg,
I have seen a lot of posts from folks on other web sites who have shot steel for years in older guns. With the advent of plastic shot cups that should keep the steel shot from touching the bore, I have a hard time believing that shooting a few boxes of steel shot shells each season in Mod, IC or more open choked guns would cause that much damage.
How does higher velocity (higher pressures?) cause bore damage? Possibly bulged barrels, but unless the barrel wall thickness is very thin, I'd be more concerned about cracking the old, possibly oil-soaked, wood in the stock.
Has anyone seen first hand the type of barrel damage that actually occurs when shooting steel? Or is it a case of "better safe than sorry"?
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