Thread: 12 or 20 gauge?
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Old May 10, 2007, 12:39 PM   #4
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I have used a remington 20 ga to take deer at 75 yards and my sister has used her mossy 500 to take deer at 100-150 (she had a scope and we both used rifled barrels) A 20 is perfect for small game if you use lighter loads and can hit them (I never hit any moving target save for one pidgeon with my youth 20 ga. Ok I take that back I got a lucky shot on one of those deer at 50 yds running) A 8 is a little light but a 6 1/2 -7 is fine for grouse. I will say that I shot a squirrel with a 20 ga load of 2 3/4 7 shot and the squirrel ran off. Last time I used light loads (it was a close shot and the ground around the squirrel twitched meaning I couldn't have missed)
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