20 Gauge for waterfowl

[Sprite]

I started out with a .410, then a 28 ga. as a kid duck hunting. I then shot a 20 ga, exclusively back in the lead ammo days until steel came in. The early steel was garbage, I considered quitting duck hunting. I then switched to a 12 ga, and never looked back. Now steel is much more advanced, but why bother with a 20? The guns kick so little with all the stock and gas action improvements that recoil isn't an issue. I prefer the slight extra range I can get from the 12, and up close it is more deadly, less cripples. Naturally anyone can use whatever they choose, but coming from a guy who has used everything, hard to beat a 12. Mine is a Benelli SBE II, btw, no plans to get an SBE III either. just my personal 2 cents.

That's nice.

It's funny as a guy shooting an SBE II that you say they don't recoil much -- SBEs are inertia guns. Try a gas gun! Comparatively your SBE will have significantly more recoil than any gas operated 12 out there.

As for why shoot a 20 -- I like to shoot birds close, and decoying. I promise you they're just as dead with my 20 as your 12. Also, because I want to!

-N.

[Bluebulldog]

That's nice.

It's funny as a guy shooting an SBE II that you say they don't recoil much -- SBEs are inertia guns. Try a gas gun! Comparatively your SBE will have significantly more recoil than any gas operated 12 out there.

As for why shoot a 20 -- I like to shoot birds close, and decoying. I promise you they're just as dead with my 20 as your 12. Also, because I want to!

-N.

^^This.

I'm just waiting for someone to come on saying that they won't shoot a 20, "because 3 1/2 shells in a 12"

Had a guy come into the store two weeks ago looking for the longest range chokes we could sell him.....

He had 3x shotguns, 2 Beretta's and a Turknelli....they all had the tightest chokes available..... Two kicks, and another, I can't recall the make....

If you can spend the $$ on the gun, spend some money on some target ammo, and clays.

[Bluebulldog]

The proof is in the pudding..

Limited out this am. Mossberg SA-20, 3" Hevi Steel #2, Carlson's Delta Mid Range choke.


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[Bowjob]

Someone actually had a post a while ago comparing the 20g to the 12g. If my memory serves me right it was @Fox ?

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[Bluebulldog]

Someone actually had a post a while ago comparing the 20g to the 12g. If my memory serves me right it was @Fox ?

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Probably.

Field and Stream did a great article on it. And it also addressed the difference between 3" and 3.5" shells.

[Ouzel]

Probably.

Field and Stream did a great article on it. And it also addressed the difference between 3" and 3.5" shells.

This is from Field and Stream , today:
https://www.fieldandstream.com/guns/...for-waterfowl/