I witnessed an unplanned and potentially dangerous 'home proofing' at our local rifle range last year. A handloader was trying out some hot 45-70 loads in a Pedersoli Kodiak double. Apparently not paying attention to what he assumed was a warning about loads suitable for modern lever actions such as the Marlin, and also being a bit sloppy about how much powder he dumped in trying to see how high he could get the numbers on the chrono, he handsomely exceeded 'proof' on his $3,000 double. Fortunately, none of the flying metal hit anything, but unfortunately, he walked away unscratched. He is no longer permitted at the range.

One of the range officers is a DR collector and rebuilds many older BPE and works up loads for these and his more modern DRs. We have an agreement at the range that those of us who shoot doubles regularly will run our loads past him befor we shot. Dave