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BigJimP · June 20, 2011, 01:01 PM

If you love a 16ga --- that's fine ...but let's be serious here...

A standard 16ga load is 1oz of shot ...and that's a common load in 12ga guns these days ...and if the 12ga is a heavier gun / the 12ga shooting a 1oz load will give less recoil than a 16ga.

16ga shells are more expensive than 12ga or 20ga ...both of which are relatively inexpensive and available anywhere ...where 16ga is 50% to 100% more per box...and around here its closer to 100%.

7/8oz of shot is a standard 20ga load ...and a lot of shooters these days are opting to shoot 7/8 oz loads in a 12ga ( and it might result in less recoil than if you shot the same load in a 20ga gun ---not the same shell, the same load in a 12ga vs a 20ga shell).

Another common misconception - is that a 12ga hits targets harder than a 16ga or a 20ga ...and its not true either. A # 8 pellet coming out of a 12ga - or 16, 20 or even a 28ga ....at 1200 fps ---hits with exactly the same amount of energy regardless of what gague its fired from.

June 20, 2011, 01:01 PM	#35
BigJimP Senior Member Join Date: February 23, 2005 Posts: 13,195	If you love a 16ga --- that's fine ...but let's be serious here... A standard 16ga load is 1oz of shot ...and that's a common load in 12ga guns these days ...and if the 12ga is a heavier gun / the 12ga shooting a 1oz load will give less recoil than a 16ga. 16ga shells are more expensive than 12ga or 20ga ...both of which are relatively inexpensive and available anywhere ...where 16ga is 50% to 100% more per box...and around here its closer to 100%. 7/8oz of shot is a standard 20ga load ...and a lot of shooters these days are opting to shoot 7/8 oz loads in a 12ga ( and it might result in less recoil than if you shot the same load in a 20ga gun ---not the same shell, the same load in a 12ga vs a 20ga shell). Another common misconception - is that a 12ga hits targets harder than a 16ga or a 20ga ...and its not true either. A # 8 pellet coming out of a 12ga - or 16, 20 or even a 28ga ....at 1200 fps ---hits with exactly the same amount of energy regardless of what gague its fired from.