Thread: 20g Pheasants/Quail Ammo

Chokes 1/4 and 3/8. Usually either use 7/8oz of 7's or Winchester Super Pheasant 1 1/4 copper plated 5's (a gold plated load in more ways than one) depending on location

eley hi flyer 30 gram 5,s for longer pheasants fiocchi trap 7s over the dog 9,s for quail upland i just leave the imp cyl in and if i miss them twice with the sevens the eleys are probably giving half choke patterns out of the quarter choke. if i get away 3 shots on quail the first 2 will be 9,s , 7.5s after that 3 inch 20 gauges only use in on flaring geese[fiocchi 2s or winchesters super pheasant load in cooper plated american 4,s our 3,s] otherwise it defeats the purpose of the 20 in the first place.most used load would be gamebores,2 3/4inch 30 gram in 4,s and 5,s only cos i cant get 6.s

used 3inch magnum loads in a franchi raptor on ducks for a bit of a change..... was an excellent combo

for quail,i use 24 gm 7.5 shot, if it is handy, mai mai supplies are excellent. pheasants i use 6's and 24gm load.with a 20 ga. you do not want to use too big a shot as it is important to keep density of pattern. same with 3 inch loads, i never use them, all you get is a longer shot string,not the same pattern and a lighter wallet.these are very effective loads on my 20 ga. guns.if you want to shoot heavy loads go back to a 12 ga. personally i avoid shooting anything heavier than 30gms through a side by side(12 ga.). no need to, and bad for gun, who wants cheek slap and bruised fingers? many high pheasants shot in the uk are 12ga
1oz. loads,- they are a killer.