I am happy using 12g steel as well over ponds and tight creeks where there is limited range and pass shooting.
The 20 is for everything else and my boy to learn with. We don't shoot over any shallow water where birds will ingest lead for grit that I know of either. Apart from a couple tidal lagoons you would struggle to find areas like that on the coast.
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