wazzabie,

I have a 12 gauge early A grade and have shot a couple thousand rounds of light reloads thru it in the past 5 or 6 years. Many high base hunting loads before that. I've had the gun a little more than 48 years. Serial number 7983 and it's about 110 years old. Still bank vault tight.

Take this for a testimony for those early A grades. Pretty hard to beat.