Thread: This week we test a old shot gun for steel shot

At the end of the day just get your old shotguns checked. My granddad went in to get his chopped but the gun smith wouldn't do it because it would ruin the gun. He instead bored out the barrels. Works fine too pop went out to retrieve a duck I shot and this drake came shooting in just as he got out of the mai mai so I picked up pops gun dropping my empty gun shitty pump action and dropped the hua with number #2 steel. Was pretty cool

Just to add, my dad and uncle never had to cut or bore out the barrels on their old side by sides to shoot steel so it is worth getting the old guns checked as they could be very usable still. It'd be a shame to turn your old shotty into a safe queen because you're too lazy to get it checked.

On the note of blowing barrels also be very careful of reloads you are given. My first shotgun was a old as SxS and I loved it until I got given some handloads and they ended up swelling my barrels up. Lucky it didn't go bang instead but cant have been far off splitting open you could make out a small fracture