I believe sm would recommend a 28 gauge.
Yes, you are correct.
1. The short shot string of a 28 ga loading blows the smithereens out of snowflakes.
2. 28 ga guns are easy to tote, therefore allowing one to take a thermos of hot cocoa for about the same weight of a 12 bore and them heavier, bulkier shells.
3a. Single shot, SXS, and O/U 28 ga guns mean one does not have hulls hit the ground.
3b. Repeating shotguns, such as 1100 and 870s that do eject hulls onto ground means here in da South, a very unique phenomenon:
Once the snow melts, and you find these hulls that were under snow, they are reloaded.
Oh yeah.
Same dealie as to why 30-30 ctg just sprout up in ditches roadside next to weeds and all.
It has to do with the deal about every snowflake is different, snowflakes points of light, the discombobulation of Rosco the dawg taking a leak, Aunt Edna tossing coffee grounds out back, Uncle Buford taking a leak on the backside of his barn, March 32nd, the backside of the moon being dark, Jimi Hendrix was left handed , and was a paratrooper, the Junior Leaguers facing Lord & Taylors, and Delta Blues.
This is the South, our fish grow bigger, and if we drop a 28ga hull in the snow...we find loaded up ones on the ground after the snow melts.
.22 ctgs are the other loading recommended for snowflakes.
These brass cases do the same thing as the 28 ga hulls do.
Oh...never tell momma where you are going, as momma's always manage to mess up a person's plans, especially if it has to do with playing, or experimenting.
You goofed up by letting Momma Nature find out you wanted to play with a new chrono.
*wink*