I need advice before I have work done to my shotguns.
I have a couple of old SxS shotguns, both czech BRNO Special Poldi guns from the 60s, which I use for duck and goose hunting. The guns themselves work flawlessly with the 12/70mm ammo they were designed to shoot, even with steel shot, but lately I have been wanting the option to load 12/76mm magnum shells to extend my effective range. A local gunsmith has offered to rechamber the guns, but I am having second thoughts. Will it be safe to just modify 50+ year old guns to load higher pressure ammo than what they were initially designed for? Will it affect their patterning? And will the more powerful 12/76mm shells allow me to engage birds at significantly greater distances?
Thanks
I have a couple of old SxS shotguns, both czech BRNO Special Poldi guns from the 60s, which I use for duck and goose hunting. The guns themselves work flawlessly with the 12/70mm ammo they were designed to shoot, even with steel shot, but lately I have been wanting the option to load 12/76mm magnum shells to extend my effective range. A local gunsmith has offered to rechamber the guns, but I am having second thoughts. Will it be safe to just modify 50+ year old guns to load higher pressure ammo than what they were initially designed for? Will it affect their patterning? And will the more powerful 12/76mm shells allow me to engage birds at significantly greater distances?
Thanks