I've never for the life of me been able to figure out why someone invented the 3" 20ga shell. And in a light Repro, which will kick plenty hard enough with standard 2-3/4" loads, they make no sense at all. Repros have a bit of a nasty habit of snapping at the wrist also, given some of the fancy wood they used on many of them. I know of one that snapped twice using normal loads. Even if the gun will handle them fine, your shoulder will not. I used to have a light 12ga Merkel S/S with 3" chambers. I took along a couple of shells to try while duck hunting. I shot one shell.... and, like Edgar, still have the other. That just plain hurt!
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