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you are Wright about what they can do. I have killed 8 to 10 geese with that 7/8 oz load of bismuth 6s and lots of ducks too. I do like the 6s in in the 20 but haven't tried 5s. More to come i hope. Scott
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12-17-2018, 07:47 PM | #4 | ||||||
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#5's was all I could find in 2 3/4" 20ga. Scott so I went with them and they did fine. The older I get the smaller the bores get and the outcomes are the same.
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12-17-2018, 09:00 PM | #5 | ||||||
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Nice. That bird makes the gun look small. My nephew makes jerky out of his geese and it's outstanding.
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Man I love Parker 20s!
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I had a bad day about 40 years ago shooting a 20 from a blind: hitting but not killing, not even finishing off cripples properly on the water. Discouraged, I blamed the gun, of course, and didn't use a 20 again until 12-15 years ago. I believe discipline counts a lot in picking shots. Reminding that a 20 isn't a 12 made the 20 a pleasure to use.
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12-20-2018, 10:13 PM | #8 | ||||||
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It seems to me to be asking a lot of a 20ga with at most maybe 7/8 oz of 4s to reliably kill a 10+ pound heavily feathered fat coated big boned bird at 35 plus yards. Yes there is the dramatic head shot but absent that crippled geese is the expected result. Feet down, flaps down, cupped wings in your face at 15 yards-yes; otherwise 35 or more I believe we owe a noble bird a bit more respect. Others may well differ.
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12-21-2018, 02:04 PM | #9 | |||||||
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12-21-2018, 04:42 PM | #10 | ||||||
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With all due respect to the naysayers a 20 or even a 28 for waterfowl is not for everyone. But then again I'm not breaking wings or body shooting them. I take pains to have the best decoys spread possible and I consider myself an above average caller. If I can't get them to commit to within 40yds. I won't shoot. But when I do I take head shots. I shoot loads of clay targets to practice for hunting season and with a little bit of practice anyone can learn to focus on the leading edge be it a clay bird or a game bird.
When lead was legal, a 20 was all I shot. Now with the advent of the improved Bismuth and Tungsten Matrix the smallbores are back in business. Scott, Mark and the rest of you smallbore waterfowlers enjoy your season.
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