I've set my priorities when I bought my smoothbore. I had the money to buy a modern shotgun, in fact I sold my 1187 Rem. a couple of years back. I'm gonna hunt everything with my ML, including duck. I've got some #3 steel and some steel shot cups coming to me fed-ex. There unslit cups so I'll be trying a few way slitting them and working up a waterfowl load. Around here deer shot range with a ball is 20 yards so if the barrel gets scorn a little it is'nt going to matter much, but I don't think theres gonna be a problem. I did'nt pay very much for the gun so I can put it to work. In some places, it might be called a farm rifle. It's cost me more for the possibles than it cost for the rifle. If I had bought a really nice ML, I'd be worried all the time about it like my FAL. I don't take it out in rain, compared to what it was made for, I barely shoot it and a tear comes to my eye when I see a new ding or scratch. I get a little choked up just thinking about it. :v: Sorry for getting off subject.