Originally Posted By: Ted Schefelbein
Before steel shot was even being talked about, there were plenty of A5s that had bulged muzzles. They were fairly light in profile, and healthy slug and buckshot loads in lead would do that to them.
I have no desire to find out which guns bulge, and which don't, running steel.

Best,
Ted


The only drawback I found to 16ga is lack of upland or target light steel loads in shot sizes or 6 or 7. It is unlikely such loads would damage that IC-Mod Ithaca Nito Special. The only steel loads I seen is the CIP Magnum Federal and Remington NitoSteel designed for duck hunting.
I read article years ago where a fellow fired about 500 rounds of steel through Parker Bros hammerless with fluid steel barrels. The conclusions were that if the gun is of adequate construction and choked modified or less and small steel shot size modern ammunition is used there will be no damage to the gun. Despite several efforts I can't find that article again.

The 12ga and 20ga shooting fellas are lucky I have seen Winchester Expert Steel #6 and #7s at Walmart for $ 5.94 per box.