Let me tell a story. Last year I took my 5 year old son out for out early goose season. Now bear in mind that we have for several years been beaten into submission. Bigger is better. Geese are big birds so you MUST use a 3 1/2 inch mag with #2 shot in it to bring one down. In a rare moment of recolection I know that I shot geese with my old short #6 loads out to 45 yards back when lead was legal.
Back to the story, I took a handful of hevi shot #6 shot on an experiment. The first flight came in and killed 3 birds for 3 shots with #6 hevi shot. Stone dead. I cant tell you how many geese I chased with big shot 12 ga guns.
I have read posts in this site that suggest that waterfowl need a 12 ga. This is silly. A 16 or a 20 considering ammunition development is very able to take down anything we may desire eating.
The only thing that prevents most shooter from understanding this fact is the bias that exists in the mind. Shed that and enjoy an aspect of shotgunning that you might not have expected.
Back to the story, I took a handful of hevi shot #6 shot on an experiment. The first flight came in and killed 3 birds for 3 shots with #6 hevi shot. Stone dead. I cant tell you how many geese I chased with big shot 12 ga guns.
I have read posts in this site that suggest that waterfowl need a 12 ga. This is silly. A 16 or a 20 considering ammunition development is very able to take down anything we may desire eating.
The only thing that prevents most shooter from understanding this fact is the bias that exists in the mind. Shed that and enjoy an aspect of shotgunning that you might not have expected.