Well it's time to get in this 20 vs 12 ga. Probably 30+ years ago, I started turkey hunting with a single shot stevens in 20 ga, 26 inch barrel, plus full choke, no screw in tubes back then. I have no idea how many turkeys fell to that old gun and I still have it as a snake gun in my yard (lot of diamond backs, copper heads, and timber rattlers in my area). I started my son now 43 with that gun and he got his limit here in GA with it every year, which is 3 birds.

For years I wanted to go back to a single shot and bought one about 5 years ago that had a crossbolt saftey, no hammer. I had several modifications done to it and even put a scope on it, thanks to JW! It is in a 12 ga. and I believe JW! will back me up, it is a killing machine. Last season I took 3 birds with it, one at 62 steps and one at 64 steps, one at 10 steps. The last time JW! was here hunting with me I questioned/doubted I steped a yard, so we check my step/yardage and we found that at 50 steps I actually was only covering about 43 yards, JW! will have to correct this.

But back to the 20 ga. in 3 inch mag., it will a kill a bird that far with right shells. I'm, as JW!, geting older and now thinking about going back to a 20. Set up right, it will do the job.

My 2 cents and that's cause all I have (broke military retiree and loving it).

One other comment, I don't think JW! is coming down to hunt with me this year and is sad, what a great friend.

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