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Posted on 4/10/14 at 9:11 pm to weagle99
I agree. My 20ga slug gun is probably my favorite hunting gun but my point is that there is not much difference in recoil between a 12ga and 20ga when shooting skeet with low brass target loads. To each his own though 
This post was edited on 4/10/14 at 9:13 pm
Posted on 4/10/14 at 9:18 pm to VetteGuy
I've shot highly competitive with an 870 express 12 gauge.
Is that what I'd buy to shoot competitive? Hell no.
Is that what I'm used to shooting? Hell yes.
Bottom line is you need something very reliable that you're comfortable shooting. A custom fitted kreighoff will net you a better score at the end of the day, but if you have a junky arse pump you've been hunting with since you were a kid, use that.
Is that what I'd buy to shoot competitive? Hell no.
Is that what I'm used to shooting? Hell yes.
Bottom line is you need something very reliable that you're comfortable shooting. A custom fitted kreighoff will net you a better score at the end of the day, but if you have a junky arse pump you've been hunting with since you were a kid, use that.
Posted on 4/10/14 at 9:19 pm to weagle99
quote:
12 is overkill for almost everything you will ever do with a shotgun other than some waterfowl, turkeys, and deer.
So a 12ga is overkill for everything except 90% of what you do with a shotgun.
This post was edited on 4/10/14 at 9:19 pm
Posted on 4/10/14 at 9:20 pm to LSUlefty
quote:
I prefer a 20.
Same here. Shells cost the same and the guns are more nimble. If you miss with a 20, you would have missed with a 12.
Posted on 4/10/14 at 9:22 pm to bluemoons
quote:
So a 12ga is overkill for everything except 90% of what you do with a shotgun.
It is. My brother hunts exclusivity with a 20 gauge, and I'd put him up against anybody on this board in any meat gathering competition.
Short of geese and deer, a 12 gauge is overkill.
Posted on 4/10/14 at 9:26 pm to DownshiftAndFloorIt
quote:
any meat gathering competition
What I posted had nothing to do with how I feel about 12/20. I was just pointing out that he said "a 12 ga is overkill for everything you use a shotgun for except everything you use a shotgun for."
I shoot a 12, but I'd kill and have killed just as much shite with a 20. The first 5-8 deer I killed in my life were with a Remington 870 youth model 20.
Posted on 4/10/14 at 9:29 pm to bluemoons
Every year I go dove hunting with a 12 gauge, and bring home wayyyyyyyyyyy more meat and feather patties than I should. The 20 gauge is a man's gauge and the 12 is a handicap
Posted on 4/10/14 at 9:31 pm to DownshiftAndFloorIt
quote:
dove hunting
quote:
12 gauge
Does not compute.
Posted on 4/10/14 at 9:33 pm to bluemoons
Gotta bring what ya got
ETA: And I pulverize those poor bastards
ETA: And I pulverize those poor bastards
This post was edited on 4/10/14 at 9:34 pm
Posted on 4/10/14 at 9:34 pm to bluemoons
Downshift said it right. You need to find out what your comfortable with. I shoot a 870 supermag with a modified choke. As for shells I usually shoot 7.5-9 target/dove load.
Posted on 4/10/14 at 9:36 pm to VetteGuy
I use an O/U 20. Although it's been a while since I've gone shooting.
Posted on 4/10/14 at 9:38 pm to GeauxTime9
quote:
You need to find out what your comfortable with
This you do, but I don't advocate anybody go out and buy an 870 express to shoot competition.
Posted on 4/10/14 at 9:39 pm to VetteGuy
My 90 lb mother in law and my wife shot trap with a 12. Those
Shoot what you're comfortable with.
Remington Gun Club Target loads.
Shoot what you're comfortable with.
Remington Gun Club Target loads.
Posted on 4/10/14 at 9:45 pm to VetteGuy
Browning Citori
Lightning or White Lightning would be a good start.
Lightning or White Lightning would be a good start.
Posted on 4/10/14 at 9:50 pm to bluemoons
quote:
a 12 ga is overkill for everything you use a shotgun for except everything you use a shotgun for."
So we don't use a shotgun for:
Dove
Quail
Rabbits
Ducks
Skeet
Crows
Intradasting.
Posted on 4/10/14 at 9:55 pm to DownshiftAndFloorIt
You dont duck hunt enough, unless I am hunting timber and they are right on me I am using a 12. shite even if they are I am throwing 2 3/4 4s or 6s and still using a 12. Teal season being an exception.
Posted on 4/10/14 at 10:00 pm to weagle99
quote:
Crows
Nothing is overkill for crows
Posted on 4/10/14 at 10:02 pm to DownshiftAndFloorIt
quote:
Nothing is overkill for crows
I agree. I will shoot at them with whatever I have in my hand.
Normally use a 12 for them but a 20 will reach out there too.
Posted on 4/10/14 at 10:04 pm to weagle99
3.5" magnesium turkey load 10 gauge shells at 5 yards are not overkill for crows.
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