Here’s the deal for me like everyone on this site I love shotguns I have since I was 10 yrs old I have guns in all gauges I like to hunt with sxs’s but also have a16 ga model 97 that I like to take out for sharp tail grouse I purchased some 1 1/4 oz no 4&5’s win mark 5’s that are deadly on pheasants and sharptails at longer yardage I also have a 1919 gh Parker 20ga 26” bbl Damascus gun I use it for ruffed grouse partridge and other smaller birds I do have a 28 ga browning model 12 just because I like it and a 1948 model 42 I shoot all of these from time to time there are a few others in the safe as well . All this being said if I had to have one gun it would be my 1928 vhe 1 1/2 frame 30 “bbl gun I load bismuth and lead for it 7/8” oz and 1 oz lead for up land same payload as the small gauges and 1 1/8 oz bismuth for waterfowl I shoot this gun like a laser . When I was a young man in the 70’s I hunted everything with a 28”bbl modified choked model 12 plain field gun and always came home with my share of game and usually helped with my partner s share . Beware of the man with one gun . Sorry for rambling
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