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03Lightningrocks wrote: ↑Fri Nov 30, 2018 5:20 pm

Pawpaw wrote: ↑Fri Nov 30, 2018 4:30 pm 20 gauge might be a bit light in the pants for waterfowl, but it will do well for everything else you've mentioned in this thread.

I grew up using a 20 gauge bolt action (I still have it). I hunted rabbits, squirrels, quail and everything else alongside my older relatives and their 12 gauges without giving up anything to their bigger guns.

I have not duck hunted in years. I agree completely. Heck, I had trouble hitting them with my 12

Might not have been a 12/20 issue.

I bought my daughter an ATI Kofs 20ga. O/U last year. They have a few different models of 20 & 12 gauge. I found the one I got her in a local shop for under $500. It has the extractors, not ejectors, but that's okay.

A friend of mine that has Perazzi's once told me that the big difference between O/U shotguns is the durability. For a shotgun like the one I got my daughter, taking it out to shoot a few times a year or even once a month is just fine. The more expensive ones are those that can hold up to 100's or even 1,000's of rounds a week or month.