Thread: What gun do you shoot and what ammunition

Originally Posted by mikee

I use a 12 for mud pies and 20ga for hunting but 28ga when hunting upland over my dog as the shots are usually close with the birds rising and away. All U/O's

Shots are close and gun is light as usually carried a lot and shot little with a bit of walking in between now...............if I were a serious duck hunter shooting steel then I would be using a 12ga auto most likely an A400 to lessen the recoil of the heavier loads traditionally used by waterfowl hunters.

However heavy 20ga loads will boot more than 12ga loads of the same weight as guns are generally lighter (talking u/o's here).
Lot of people I know give there lad a 20ga with the heaviest loads they can find cause its "only a 20ga" and wonder why the poor sausage struggles with the recoil
Just my 2 cents worth

yep mikee makes about as much sence as shooting 3 1/2 inch ammo at ducks then moaning about the recoil.
the whole point of subgauges is you dont need 36/40/42/52 grams of shot to kill birds ive taken umpteen canada geese with 30/32 gram loads of 3s/2s respecctively.[img][/img]