Sounds like a recipe for problems. For the wood certainly, but for the action as well. I'd say that this gun falls into the Vintage category, meaning suitable loads would be comparable to the Black Powder or slower burning smokeless loads it was probably designed for. Especially if you're intending to run a lot of rounds through it.

Merely my opinion, I'm sure others will differ...

Last edited by Ken61; 02/19/16 11:42 AM.
I prefer wood to plastic, leather to nylon, waxed cotton to Gore-Tex, and split bamboo to graphite.