I have owned 3 shotguns a Savage Double 12 ga A Wards pump 12ga and a sweet little Stoger Uplander 20 ga.
Of them all the 12's seem the best at doing anything even if you have the wrong loads in it! Seems you can be a size or even 2 small and still get good long range knockdowns!
for HD, it cam't be beat mainly because Buckshot and Slugs are pretty available and even a light hit takes all the fight out of em! 2 balls are devistating on inatament objects. I could just imagine on flesh!
Recoil is hard but not unmanagable except for small adults and Kids. My Wife is tiny and the 12ga almost knocks her down! She has a 20 Double. It kicks her but not near as bad. Besides she got scared before I met her by a stupid boyfriend who handed her a high Nase Phesant load and didn't even mention that it might kick! It's easy to scare people off like that!
The overall pattern and density of a 12ga is almost every time huge and has few if any holes in it.
You can taylor your loads for just about any game. Study up on what the loads mean and shoot a couple to see for yourself.
I don't think you'd be too bad off with just one shotgun and in 12 ga! Yes they have some limits but like I said all it takes is a little study and common sense to het the top preformance!
JMHO
ZVP
Of them all the 12's seem the best at doing anything even if you have the wrong loads in it! Seems you can be a size or even 2 small and still get good long range knockdowns!
for HD, it cam't be beat mainly because Buckshot and Slugs are pretty available and even a light hit takes all the fight out of em! 2 balls are devistating on inatament objects. I could just imagine on flesh!
Recoil is hard but not unmanagable except for small adults and Kids. My Wife is tiny and the 12ga almost knocks her down! She has a 20 Double. It kicks her but not near as bad. Besides she got scared before I met her by a stupid boyfriend who handed her a high Nase Phesant load and didn't even mention that it might kick! It's easy to scare people off like that!
The overall pattern and density of a 12ga is almost every time huge and has few if any holes in it.
You can taylor your loads for just about any game. Study up on what the loads mean and shoot a couple to see for yourself.
I don't think you'd be too bad off with just one shotgun and in 12 ga! Yes they have some limits but like I said all it takes is a little study and common sense to het the top preformance!
JMHO
ZVP