Larrry, his gun was built in 1878--144 years old. The loads you mentioned are most likely right up to SAAMI limits and I bet a dollar to a donut that his gun isn't built to take them. Gil
My reference is to the empty hulls, not to the factory loads contained in those hulls. If we're talking American factory loads, I wouldn't recommend shooting any of them in that gun other than the 2 1/2" shells from RST. However, I had a 7/8 oz load using the previous Herters hull tested. Average pressure: 7420 psi. That's well below 16ga SAAMI limits. With the new (and shorter) Herters hulls, I've reloaded them as well--compensating for the shorter hull by dropping down to the next smaller powder bushing. Everything else in the load the same as in the old Herters. I've shot them in a vintage Parker with 2 9/16" chambers and the hulls don't show any damage due to the slightly shorter chamber.
