Both can be found in SXS shotguns weighing under or just above 6 pounds-making for a great all day carry shotgun.
What say ye? Which would you choose for upland bird hunting in a SXS and why?
It wouldn't be the 2 1/2" twelve. I've had a nice English I. Hollis for many years, and killed a lot of birds with it, but it just doesn't do it for me. I haven't shot it in 15 years, and I've got 2 1/2" shells on hand for it. The superiority of the patterns, which is real in theory, doesn't
always pan out on the plate. Usually it ( the 12) has an edge, but guns are individuals and don't always follow our nicely written rules.
I can kill a limit of doves or quail with a .410, as I can with a 20, or a light 12. I have doubles in every common gauge from 67 through 12. Which one I take has nothing at all to do with the possible superiority of it, and everything to do with what I want to enjoy that day. I do not advocate undergunning, in gauge or load, but within reason it's usually moot. Put the bird in the pattern, within range, and it dies.
SRH
