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Hello,
I have a Springfield/Stevens 94A 12 gauge. I have been told that it is 50 or more years old.
I would like to shoot it.
Is there any consideration to what kind of shotgun load I should use with this gun ?
Thanks,
Phil :cool:
 
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Have your local gunsmith take a look at it before you fire it. Then, as I am sure he will suggest.......try some very light trap loads. You might want to wrap your arms around a tree...holding the gun in front of the trunk! It may not shoot exactly where you had hoped.....but you won't injure your face! :)
 
Wow, you'd think they were making brass matchlocks 50 years ago.
When I was a kid, Stevens 94 was one of the standard guns. It would handle a lot more than our shoulders could. And still can, assuming it is tight and not heavily rusted.
 
Unless it is marked for 3" shells, stick to 2 3/4 and you should be good to go with about anything.

Like Jim Watson, I begin to feel pretty old when someone thinks that a 50 year old gun is an incredibly ancient antique, maybe used by Julius Caesar.

Jim
 
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