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I wont use 7 1/2 in 12ga for blue quail due to the numbers of cripples lost. Im too old to run them down in sand country and you cant find them in grass and weeds if they dont go down a hole or into a packrat mound. Hunting cripples can wear a pointer out.

I now use low base Rio 6s in a 20 ga and have never gotten less birds than someone using a 12 with high base 7.5s though i have downed less.

In fact, the last few yrs i have even started using them on fox and grey squirrels.

I started using a 20 on quail 30 yrs ago when quail hunting with a guy who had a cross country hunting vehicle and saw his wife consistently rolling jack rabbits with one shooting high base 6s at 30-35 yds.