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?
Larry, you really need to go over to that forum and do a search. This topic has come up there over and over. In short,
all Parker Reproductions (with the exception of full choke)
are designed to be used with steel shot. This comes from numerous original Parker Reproduction newsletters and brochures. The 12 ga Steel Shot Specials may have been a bit heavier and possibly overbored (we need someone to measure bores to compare), although there is some question about any real differences (other than SS in the serial number). They did have fairly open chokes, although my Parker Repro duck gun for steel shot has 28" bbls with 3" chambers and is choked a rather loose IC/Mod, and is not stamped SS in the serial number. I'm pretty sure that the 275 or so Steel Shot Specials were a marketing idea built for Dunn's (Jaeger Gunsmiths) since they are so similar to other non-SSS like mine. Read all you want about these topics at
www.Parkerguns.orgJoe
