Thread: 20/12

The post from southernman pretty well says it all. Smaller gauges of good quality are faster handling guns. Trying to carry a massive 12ga magnum goose gun auto around the hill hunting upland game when a quality 20, 0r 28 ga is available , is a no brainer.
In the right hands and with the right load smaller gauges are effective on waterfowl as well, but in the waterfowl situation your average punter -hunter is far better off with a big bore boomer. I would not go so far as to say big multi shot guns are the best option from a game ethics or management aspect though.

I shoot most sub gs and a nice 20g sbs is a much better handling gun than a clunkly semi usually lighter and much better to get into action faster ,easier to use getting in and out of the truck allday in the forests and much nicer to carry allday in the field and you dont have to use super heavey loads 28 to 32g loads are fine ,heck i was shooting parries yesterday with the 16guage and used 1oz 4s got my limit and they all died in the sky nothing hit the ground flaping and trying to get away others were using 3inch 2 steel and were chasing wouned birds for two paddocks give the 20 ago youl love it

the fact that you have covetous eyes on a SxS 20 ga. tells me something. perhaps you are at a stage in your shooting life where you are pondering - is there more enjoyment in shotgunning than can be had by one shotgun? well yes there is. you don't play golf or tennis seriously with just the one club or racket.? the merit of 20 ga. has been well debated on this forum so no need to go there. i can tell you this, when you collect a double from that sxs 20ga. you will get a glow of satisfaction that cannot be duplicated by a semi-auto. but i must warn you more guns can be addictive. now some people like taking out a 135 year old hammergun, a brace of birds, oh what a connection to the past.

Originally Posted by lophortyx

the fact that you have covetous eyes on a SxS 20 ga. tells me something. perhaps you are at a stage in your shooting life where you are pondering - is there more enjoyment in shotgunning than can be had by one shotgun? well yes there is. you don't play golf or tennis seriously with just the one club or racket.? the merit of 20 ga. has been well debated on this forum so no need to go there. i can tell you this, when you collect a double from that sxs 20ga. you will get a glow of satisfaction that cannot be duplicated by a semi-auto. but i must warn you more guns can be addictive. now some people like taking out a 135 year old hammergun, a brace of birds, oh what a connection to the past.

Yep not much else to add