I'm curious, if you wanted to shoot nontoxic shot that was soft enough for old double guns, how much a box would the shells cost?
The best price for 16ga Kent Bismuth used to be $12.97 or $12.79 for 10 shell pack at Cabela's when it was on sale. That is the least I have ever paid for new soft non-tox loads. The problems are they only come in #5 or #6 shot too "hot" for old vintage shotguns (desigend to function in old fixed choke repeaters like Belgian Auto-5, Model 12, Ithaca 37,......)and will probably never be seen at that price again. The new sale price is over $14.
I have good stash and if I ever buy vintage hammer gun I will make sure it has fluid steel barrels with plenty of thickness plus greener cross-bolt along with double Purdey underbites. Great Sauer & Son actioned German guns come to mind.
