Wild birds over pointing dogs, one ounce of six's in a 2.5" 12 ga. I will some times back it with a 5 in the second barrel. I've used the same loads when I'm shooting backup they just seem to work well for me.
Game farm birds 7 1/2 trap loads work great, I used them for shorting pheasants at hunt tests.
Don't you mean 2 3/4"
NOT 2 1/2"????
All depends on what he shoots , I guess!
My main gun is 2 1/2" and so is my buddy's.
I've never had an issue shooting wild or farmed birds over the dogs with 7/8 to 1 1/8 oz of lead in either size 7 1/2 or 6
With my ammo moving about 1175 to 1,200FPS.
I do have some fast 20 and 28 gauge loads, but most of my birds are killed wit hammer doubles of about 100 years old.
I think people tend to complicate stuff way too much as far as loads and chokes go.
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