After reading all of these posts I'll weigh in. The last shotgun I purchased is chambered for 3" 12 bore. I thought oh boy now I have a 12 bore that will carry the same payload as my old Remington 10 bore 2 7/8. That is until I priced a box of 3" shells. At 9 to 10 bucks a box more than 2 3/4 I'll be shooting the short ones out of it. I come from a family of cheap SOB's. grin

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