Tom Armbrust related (in a personal conversation with another forum member) that he had attempted to pressure/speed test vintage shotgun ammunition, but the results were too inconsistent to be reliable.
He felt this was from:
1. deterioration of the primers (rather than the powder)
2. stiffening/hardening of the case and wads occasionally producing pressures higher than published data for that period

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