Small Bore made some good comments on the 2" 12 re. availability of ammo & the fact that bbls on most of them are short & struck thin to keep the weight down.
I do like the concept of the 2" 12 though & I had one on shooting approval that I did not keep because of some issues it had.
A friend of my had previously owned a 2" H&H Royal sidelock so had a good assortment of 2" shells from various makers on hand & in patterning the gun I was evaluating we found it gave excellent patterns with RST, Lyavale & one other I can't remember but with C&H Blagdon shells patterns were extremely poor. The Blagdon shells had fiber wads & at least in that particular gun would have been unusable for any purpose.
My point is that here in the US suitable 16 ga shells are somewhat limited in availability & availability of 2" shells is going to be even worse, so a light 16 is going to do the same job & will be a lot more practical but maybe not as cool to own as a 2" 12.
If you absolutely must have one you will be OK on shells as long as RST continues to make them available.
