I happen to think you can get by with a 16 and 28 for just about all bird hunting. There's something about a 28 kills pheasants like they got hit by a truck, and I do believe it's God's favorite gauge. Re-read Michael McIntosh's essay on them. I have a Repro 28 (that I admittedly don't shoot so well) and a Benelli Ethos Sport in 28, now that's a blast. It will smoke clays if I do my part. I had an old box of RST 1oz 1300fps 28g shells laying around (pigeon loads) and that Ethos just took the heads off roosters, and easy to carry at 5lbs and a few ounces. If we had quail I'd take a 28 over all others but that's just me. I cringe at all the aYa's and Uggie's I passed up years ago because they were "too expensive" to buy. Hindsight.
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