I have to laugh at this because I was always the small one of the family and my cousins all played football lineman at a very competitive high school. Yeah they were alot stronger, and the biggest of them couldn't make it through a round of trap with a 20 gauge and I'd do just fine with that or my dads 12 gauge at the time.

I do agree all those years behind a single shot .22 rifle and 20 guage allowed me to be a much better shooter today. I can gladly pull the trigger on my 870 super mag and not have anysecond thoughts about it, and smile when launching something out of the 300 WM. Sensiablity is such a huge thing. I'll probably buy some more and varied barrels for my encore so if my future children decide to give shooting a whirl I won't be buying a new gun everytime then need a new caliber.