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Originally Posted by Mills Morrison
16, 20 and 28 are the only gauges I use on quail. Some places frown on 16s and it is ridiculous
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Some folks are born with frowns! I once (note, once) hunted with a young guy who berated me for shooting a 16 because it was "bigger" than his 20. He was shooting 3 inch 1 oz. shells, and I was using 2 1/2" 7/8 oz light loads. He also said my double was not as "humane" as his autoloader because he had an extra shot in case he winged a bird. It takes all kinds. At the end of our hunt, he left me with a bag of 20 gauge hulls to load for him. I never did reload his shells, nor did he ever hunt over my dogs again.
So much for frowns...
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