Not a steel shooter. I have guns I could shoot steel through, but, none of them are doubles.
A King Ferry Ithaca model 37 12, a 3” gun, that nobody would confuse with a Featherlight. The barrel, with its screw in chokes is a gas pipe.
A Hastings barreled Browning A5. Same deal, the barrel dwarfs the original, and passed French proof.
At the present, shooting lead and some bismuth or heavy metal loads through 16 and 20 gauge doubles, when I absolutely have to. An old Uggy 12, relieved of its former mod/full chokes, I could shoot steel through, but, mostly because I’m not terribly concerned about the condition it ends up being in. That is different than being able to actually shoot steel, but, is an option that is out there.
Look to England to see where old boxlocks are ending up. We don’t have to save all of them.
Best,
Ted
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