Nothin' big... Just renewed enthusiasm for the "20".

[ApacheCoTodd]

We had our annual "Shoot-a-palooza" this past week and in preparing for it I found bags of estate-sale 20 Ga. hunting loads of various parameters.

I say bags because after I returned home from the estate-sale, my wife and I went out to do something... somewhere. When we returned, our male American Bulldog had eaten every single 20 Ga box.

Not one single 12 Ga, - 16 GA or .410 but every single 20! And 2 complete rounds including bases and shot were missing as well.


Anyhooo...

Took the bags-o'-20 out and commenced to obliterate clays.

I haven't chambered a 20 in probably 30 years. What was I thinking?

I expect much 12 Ga. ignoring on my part from here on out.
Surely not a surprise to many of you as I've been reading over the years but for me - what a treat!

I guess I'm just acknowledging the fandom of what I previously perceived as "weirdos".

That is all.


Todd.

 

[eastbank]

i,m going from a 12ga to a 20ga and my scores are not as good with the 20 but only a few birds off of the 12ga. i bought a 20ga browning xs o/u to help me. eastbank.

 

[sappyg]

I rarely bother with a 12 anymore. The 20 does everything I want to do with a shotgun in a smaller lighter frame. I can miss with either just as quick.

 

[kudu]

Back in the days that I used to shoot registered skeet, I found it odd that my averages for 20 and 28 gauge were better than 12 gauge scores. I think it had a lot to do with the accumulative amount of recoil. The first 25, no problem, after the 75 and 100 your body was getting a bit tired from getting beat up. I pretty much shot 20 gauge in the 12 gauge event and only switched back to 12 for shoot-offs where that few extra pellets may just break an extra target.

I still shoot mostly 20 gauge with 3/4oz shot loads, nice powder puff recoil stuff. I would shoot more 28 gauge but don't have an excess of them like my 20 gauge. Only have about 1000 28 gauge and probably have 5000 20 gauge hulls.

 

[WestKentucky]

I am by far no accomplished shotgunner, but I do hunt with a shotgun. I started backing off of 12 GA a long while back. At one point I had 5 12 GA guns and my 20ga mossberg sat in the corner of the safe lonely and neglected. When I ran out of dove shells one day several years ago I grabbed some 20s and carried the 20 to the field. I haven't really looked back very much. I dropped down to lower powered 12s, and began transitioning to 20. I now have only a single 12ga and it has been sitting all year waiting to go play, but so far no such luck. Talking about turkey season this morning, my mind immediately went to the 20ga pump and the fact that I still haven't bought any choke tubes. It came with full, I think that might just have to work.

 

[Andy John]

I've always liked my 20 gauge. It's an 870 with a 26" barrel. Its light, easy to maneuver and accurate. This shotgun has probably dispatched more varmits than any other I own.

 

[red rick]

I just bought my first 20ga. this year . I am mainly using it for rabbit hunting .

I carried my dad's A5 , that he gave me for over 30 years and never wanted another shotgun . I used it for everything , from clays to deer .

It's funny how I carried a heavy semi 12ga. when I first started hunting , at around 13 years old (the only gun I had ) and until recently never thought about the weight . Now that I am older and stronger I want something lighter . I guess it has more to do with stamina than strength now . But I still miss carrying my dad's Browning , so I don't know if the 20ga. is going to take .

 

[loose noose]

I've been using the .410 for early bird hunting (dove and quail) and the 20ga. as the season progresses. In fact I used to use the 12ga. exclusively for chucker, pheasant, and duck, not any more my Browning SXS in 20 gauge is all the gun I need, and is much cheaper to reload for. Now for Trap it's a different story, although I don't shoot it that often any more.