King,
Excellent, I'll look forward to adding them to my rig. Do you and he shoot over birds he makes?
Joe,
I dunno, it's done fine so far. I've been shooting the gun about five years with those shells and killed a heap of geese and some ducks with it as well.
I had some problems shooting some English (lead) 10 gauge shells out of it when I was over there a couple years ago. It wanted to double discharge on me, I think they were a bit too hot as far as powder charge. But I've never had a bit of trouble with any American cartridge I've fired out of it.
Everybody I know shoots bismuth in old guns and the Federal TP stuff says it's safe for old gun barrels right on the box. The Federal shells are really nice, they're only 1 3/4 ounce loads and they recoil like a powderpuff. The bismuth shells are 1 7/8 ounce and will give you a headache after a good morning on the geese.
Destry