Thanks for the info on steel. Sounds like pressure is at least as important as the shot not being lead.

This will be my brother's only gun. He's hunted his whole life, but he's never owned a shotgun. Our dad, his father-in-law, and I have always kept a gun in his closet.

This fall he was talking about buying a shotgun and looking at side-by-sides. His wife is pregnant with their first child, so I just decided to go ahead and buy this gun for him.

I thought a 12ga game gun would be a good option as an all purpose shotgun for now.