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    Jun 24, 2020 5 minutes

    Will my gun shoot steel?

    Q I own a Sporting O/U which I bought for clays; it has multichokes and 28-inch barrels. It doubles up quite nicely for the odd session of pigeon shooting with a pal when time permits. With the announcement that we are all supposed to be transitioning to non-lead shot for live quarry shooting, I am a bit worried about shooting steel shot through the gun. I’m wondering now whether I will need to buy another gun in order to carry on shooting both clays and live quarry. Can you help?

    You don’t say how old your gun is but, by and large, most modern guns are proofed to fire ‘superior’ steel shot cartridges and so there shouldn’t be an issue. Since your gun has multichokes, you will be able to select the most

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