i have always owned 12 gauge shotguns. never even shot a 20 gaugei am trying to get my woman to get me a new shotgun just for using a rifled cantaliver barrel on it.

besides oz. size on slugs, weight of the shotgun and other things.
how are they for a good deer killer? for shots under 100yds?

I've killed at least a half dozen deer with my 20ga, and that is a smoothbore with no scope. If you sight it in just like you do all your other guns, you won't have any problem taking a deer down. I only use my 12ga now because the 20 is just too "pretty" to beat up, and because I have a rifled barrel for the 12. If I had to choose only one shotgun to deer hunt with, it would be a 20ga with a rifled barrel.

--Man who fish in other man's well often catch crabs--

i have had people who hunt in our little group in my state either have not used there 12's no longer or sold them and like the 20gauge better. i just could not understand why.

20ga wont beat you up as bad, is probably the answer. if you dont need the extra power then there is no sense in getting the extra kick

propmahn
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