I guess I forgot to mention the 20 gauge 870 LT WT Magnum that replaced the SKB for float trips with the infamous steel shot. 6#'s 2oz and NO problems with recoil with either lead or steel. My son at 14 even shot a few geese with that gun with 3" Federal steel #2's. For pheseant, I would load two 2&3/4" #6 with the third being a 3" #4. With the Full choke barrel never had any problems out to 40+yds.
Todays firearms are designed with liability in mind and most will not be as light as thier equivalent 40 years ago. But yesterday's 3" 20 gauge guns were light and certainly lighter than today's 12 gauge equivalents or thier contemoraries of the past. One writer, I think his last name was Sell wrote quite a bit about the 3" 20 and of course Jack O'Connor made it famous with his Win Model 21.
BTW you can get a Beretta o/u with 26" barrels that weighs about 6# 2oz that i have weighed. My brother-in-law owns it and shoots 3" shells when we hunt pheseants with it.
So I guess I don't really understand what you are saying or asking?-Dick
Last edited by Dick_dup1; 01/31/07 10:49 PM.
