Jack: The English for many years ,[centuries even] have built and shot guns chambered 2 1/2" with an ounce of shot as their standard game load. The English size 7 shot is close to our size 6. It has only been of modern times, post WWI I would surmise, that they went to 2 3/4" chambers as standard. Even then you could order a 2 1/2" gun. I hate to think how many driven pheasant and partridge have been killed with a 2 1/2" 12 gage. I ordered #6 copper, and #7 lead loads from RST for my damascus gun and had no trouble killing a 21 lb. wild turkey with 1 oz. of copper 6's at 30 yards. The chokes are .022 and.034 and there is a swarm of pellets of both shot sizes at 30 yards.He was shot with the .022 barrel. I plan to shoot roosters with the #7 shot this fall. Maybe your Canadian birds are tougher than Kansas birds. The secret is pattern, pattern, pattern ! Have a nice day! Lee.
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