Joe, re the steel shot compatibility . . . my memory told me that the Winchester literature advised not shooting steel in Repros, other than the Steel Shot Special. However, I just looked in my file, and the little Repro pamphlet carries no such warning. I did find a hang tag--I think from a Repro, because it was stuck in the pamphlet--stating that steel shouldn't be shot through full choke barrels. But no general warning concerning steel in Repros. Any of you guys have anything further on steel in Repros?