It tells who made the gun, what type it is and the gauge. The number 583.66 is a Sears & Roebuck catalog number and also the model number of the gun. There are substitute shells available loaded with shot made of bismuth (think I got that right). If you use that gun to hunt in some restricted areas where steel shot is required then you'll just have to take your chances. It won't blow up but could scar or gouge the inside of the barrel. The problem with using steel shot in you gun is damage to the inside of the barrel. Their argument was that carrion eating birds of prey (read the Condors of California) were eating dead game shot with lead shot and left in the field giving them lead poison or bottom feeding ducks could ingest spent shot from the bottom of a body of water.
That came along in the 1970s when anti gunners and anti hunters were trying to control guns and hunting by controlling ammunition. When your shotgun was made there was no steel shot ammunition.
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