Pressure!!! Haven't the ammo companies mantained similar pressure in todays ammo as that developed early in the 1920's when Winchester/Western introduced the 3" 12b shell? And LC,Ithaca and Fox matched it with guns. Wasn't the market then flooded with 2 3/4" high brass ammo with pressures comparable to todays loads. In general, most hunters assumed ammo off the shelf was good to go in any gun they could stuff the shell into. So for the past 80plus years, only the very knowledgeable understood the underlying dangers of high pressure loads being shot in mild steel barrels built in the first part of last century. But, tens of thousands of these vintage guns survived the pounding of 10-12,000 PSI ammo in good shape and continue to be shot today with all sorts of factory ammo. Personally, I prefer all the fuss of handloading for my guns but don't fear the use of factory loads such as the KentTM,and Bismuth which I believe are loaded to todays standard PSI. But if push came to shove, I'd probably use steel. Randy
