i agree ben i havent shot steel out of the gun yet but the barrel is only a few months old so it should be ok none of the cokes are maked lead only or steel or anything ive just seen some in catalogs that say steel and it got me wondering but i have a friend with an old remington 1100 i think and he shoots steel out of it and its a old factory full choke barrel and im sure the guns older then me and im 21 and his guns doing just fine