Possibly that people have found that smaller, lighter, gauges work just as well for for their intended purpose.
In my younge years, I thought that I had to have a 12 gauge in order to effectively hunt. I am strictly an upland guy, and the other smaller gauges work fine for my type hunting. That and that is what my father hunted with, same mindset I am sure.
I still have my 12 gauges, save one, and am having another one worked on currently. Anything I dispose of now will be my 12 gauges.
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