Poll....who is hunting with small gauge for up-land birds?

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Originally Posted by harry gietler

Here are a few more words of wisdom from Askins book The popularity of the 16ga. is about on a par with death and taxes. The 20ga. on the other hand remains fairly popular shooting iron. However, there isnt anything you can do with a 20ga. that cannot be accomplished with twice the efficiency swinging a 12ga. Next we come to the stinking poor 28 and 410 ga.the unparalleled bird cripplers and the most efficient wounder of game. Harry ps. shoot 12 ga.guns, the king of the gauges

Askins obviously spent more time writing than being around good shooters. There are people out there that would let him use a 12 against their 28. At the end of the day he would be looking for someone to pay for an article...