12 Gauge vs 20 Gauge
02-26-2012, 04:09 AM
#31
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: NewLowell ,Ontario ,Canada
Posts: 2,765
Great pics and work AJH!!!! What compound did you use to polish the barrel and did you lengthen the forcing cone on the 20 before polishing the barrel? I have several of my trap guns with lengthened forcing cones and it really made a difference in the patterns, especially at the longer distances I shoot in AA class.
The 20 has set multiple world turkey shoot championships. I know that it set the world record with 43 pellets in a 4" circle at 40 yds with factory Hevi-Shot turkey loads, before Hevi-13 came out and with a Wrights Superior Choke tube.
The 20 has set multiple world turkey shoot championships. I know that it set the world record with 43 pellets in a 4" circle at 40 yds with factory Hevi-Shot turkey loads, before Hevi-13 came out and with a Wrights Superior Choke tube.
Yes I did have my forcing cone done as I shoot the cheap Benelli Nova it had a very short 3/4 in cone. It made a difference I believe...
02-26-2012, 05:41 AM
#32
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: NY
Posts: 2,820
I guess my point to this thread is this:
Yes, a 20 gauge obviously can be made to shoot, as proved by the previous pictures have shown. But, if you have a 12 gauge now, I wouldn't run out to buy a 20 gauge and put all the money in it to get it to shoot like a 12 gauge if you already have one. Really, what's the point? If your talking a lighter gun, they have light weight 12 gauge's out on the market now. I guess I don't get all the fuss over a 20 gauge when the 12 works fine?
P.S. I'm talking adults here, not youth guns.
Yes, a 20 gauge obviously can be made to shoot, as proved by the previous pictures have shown. But, if you have a 12 gauge now, I wouldn't run out to buy a 20 gauge and put all the money in it to get it to shoot like a 12 gauge if you already have one. Really, what's the point? If your talking a lighter gun, they have light weight 12 gauge's out on the market now. I guess I don't get all the fuss over a 20 gauge when the 12 works fine?
P.S. I'm talking adults here, not youth guns.
02-26-2012, 09:10 AM
#34
Typical Buck
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Georgia
Posts: 882
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.
dog1
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.
dog1
02-26-2012, 02:04 PM
#35
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: NewLowell ,Ontario ,Canada
Posts: 2,765
I guess my point to this thread is this:
Yes, a 20 gauge obviously can be made to shoot, as proved by the previous pictures have shown. But, if you have a 12 gauge now, I wouldn't run out to buy a 20 gauge and put all the money in it to get it to shoot like a 12 gauge if you already have one. Really, what's the point? If your talking a lighter gun, they have light weight 12 gauge's out on the market now. I guess I don't get all the fuss over a 20 gauge when the 12 works fine?
P.S. I'm talking adults here, not youth guns.
Yes, a 20 gauge obviously can be made to shoot, as proved by the previous pictures have shown. But, if you have a 12 gauge now, I wouldn't run out to buy a 20 gauge and put all the money in it to get it to shoot like a 12 gauge if you already have one. Really, what's the point? If your talking a lighter gun, they have light weight 12 gauge's out on the market now. I guess I don't get all the fuss over a 20 gauge when the 12 works fine?
P.S. I'm talking adults here, not youth guns.
02-28-2012, 06:39 PM
#37
Fork Horn
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Olympia, WA 98502
Posts: 299
April 19, 2011 - 09:46hrs
47° F
Elev 2311ft
2 year old bird 1¼" Spurs
25lbs
1 7/8" Beard (Beard Rot Due to Mites)
Mossberg® Mdl 500C 20ga
Wrights® SWARM™ .555" choke
Winchester® Supreme® High Velocity 3" Mag 1200fps 1 5/16oz #4 Pb (STH2034)
Shot at 42yds
Bird was dead before his beak hit the dirt!
Who needs Hevi•Shot®, Federal® Heavyweight®, Remington® Wingmaster HD®, Winchester® Xtended Range® or TSS?
Pb will "Git-r-Done"!
47° F
Elev 2311ft
2 year old bird 1¼" Spurs
25lbs
1 7/8" Beard (Beard Rot Due to Mites)
Mossberg® Mdl 500C 20ga
Wrights® SWARM™ .555" choke
Winchester® Supreme® High Velocity 3" Mag 1200fps 1 5/16oz #4 Pb (STH2034)
Shot at 42yds
Bird was dead before his beak hit the dirt!
Who needs Hevi•Shot®, Federal® Heavyweight®, Remington® Wingmaster HD®, Winchester® Xtended Range® or TSS?
Pb will "Git-r-Done"!
02-28-2012, 10:18 PM
#38
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Sep 2010
Posts: 1,834
April 19, 2011 - 09:46hrs
47° F
Elev 2311ft
2 year old bird 1¼" Spurs
25lbs
1 7/8" Beard (Beard Rot Due to Mites)
Mossberg® Mdl 500C 20ga
Wrights® SWARM™ .555" choke
Winchester® Supreme® High Velocity 3" Mag 1200fps 1 5/16oz #4 Pb (STH2034)
Shot at 42yds
Bird was dead before his beak hit the dirt!
Who needs Hevi•Shot®, Federal® Heavyweight®, Remington® Wingmaster HD®, Winchester® Xtended Range® or TSS?
Pb will "Git-r-Done"!
47° F
Elev 2311ft
2 year old bird 1¼" Spurs
25lbs
1 7/8" Beard (Beard Rot Due to Mites)
Mossberg® Mdl 500C 20ga
Wrights® SWARM™ .555" choke
Winchester® Supreme® High Velocity 3" Mag 1200fps 1 5/16oz #4 Pb (STH2034)
Shot at 42yds
Bird was dead before his beak hit the dirt!
Who needs Hevi•Shot®, Federal® Heavyweight®, Remington® Wingmaster HD®, Winchester® Xtended Range® or TSS?
Pb will "Git-r-Done"!
