You ought to be a gun writer, Granby. There's enough double-talk in that last one there to satisfy any magazine editor... You say, in paragraph two, that a 3" 20 weighs the same as a proper 2 3/4" 12 which will do everything better, load for load... and in the last claim to have owned 3" 20s and never shot any 3" shells because of recoil! But... if they weigh the same... how can... the recoil be different load for load?

Also, when comparing shell costs consider that the 3" 20 is a plated/buffered/magnum load (premium shell). Compare with a 2 3/4" 12 of equal quality, and there's not much if any price difference. They are more expensive than cheapo 1 1/4oz twelves.

"The price of good shotgunnery is constant practice" - Fred Kimble