I have two very different 20 ga repros that, in my view, are ideal for their intended purpose.
The first is a 26" splinter, pg, double trigger gun that I opened the chokes. Originally they were the standard IC/Mod but upon patterning checked out to more like Lt Mod/Imp Mod. Way too tight for a dedicated grouse gun so I opened them up to .004/.008, essentially the same as Q1/Q2. After 50 years of chasing grouse with about every conceivable gun possible I have to say this gun is as close to ideal as I've come. I practice with it quite a bit prior to the season and it amazes me at how well the tight barrel does on long clay targets. Targets much further out than I would ever shoot it at live game.
The second repro I bought as a dedicated clays gun. It is a 28" 20 with a beavertail, pg, and double triggers. A grouse gun it is not but at 7# it is a delight on the clays course. It came to me with Briley thin wall tubes installed with which I have had no trouble. Almost always I shoot the skeet/light mod tubes which cover the targets I encounter quite well. It took me over 5 years to find this gun but it was worth the wait.
So, two different guns, two different purposes, to which both are quite well suited.
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