I see that this back to the top, thanks for all the recommendations. The gun in question is a 2-1/2", 12 ga. damascus that has recently been reproofed to 850 BAR. It has also just been restocked so I think I'm more concerned with lower pressure loads being easy on the reciever rather than lower recoil affecting the wood.

BTW, wouldn't variables like actual bore diameter, choke, and barrel length affect pressure or are those variables negligible?


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