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Question to those in the know.... I have a nice Bernardelli Gamecock Delux, 28" 12 bore, ejector, straight grip. It really is a nice handling gun. It has been on some jump shooting for ducks with some much treasured Kent TM. It may see some time in the goose fields and possibly Steel loads. Are these guns able to handle steel if the chokes are opened up to Mod or Light Mod? I assume the gun may have been made in the 60's, but that is just a WAG. Randy

with 3" chamber i would add couple of parameters: weight of > or = 8lbs and articulated front trigger or there will be .

here is clunker made of birmingham components it's about equal to american-made superfox......
who knows it may "clean up" nicely.

Randy,

With modern plastic shot cups and steel shot less likey to rust into a single slug a barrel bulge is unlikely. That stated, any gun not made for steel shot could suffer a loose rib even if the chokes are opened to IC or Skeet. Will it happen if one shoots a box or two a year of #2 or smaller shot? Probably not, but it could. We would use a gun such as a Bernardelli or even a Model 21 with steel shot at our own risk.

Now, I recently saw a LC Smith Field Grade with cut barrels (little or no remaining chokes) for sale. I thought about buying it to see how long the ribs would hold with steel shot. I opted not to waste the $600 asking price (a bit high) on an experiment.

Mark