The older Brownings are fine guns, but the steel in the barrels is soft by steel shot standards. My favorite scattergun is a 1962 edition of a Superposed Pigeon Grade twenty, IC/M. It will never discharge steel while I am alive.
If I ate a steady diet of birds taken with shotguns, I might view lead differently, but game birds are an occasional treat for me, therefore I use hard lead shot for dove and quail and copper or nickel plated shot for pheasant.
Best,
Jack
Last edited by jt402; 09/05/17.
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