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Todd:

Thank you. And your recent SD pics are better than nice. Sounds like it was a great trip.

Hazen:




I'm using my Grouse loads. I had bought a case of Estate 16 ga 6's, but upon firing, they open up too long and cause ejection issues in the Model 12. If I could find some Wincheter/Remington loads in 6's I would use them.

However, these are Birds we put out and they definitely are not the same as wild. They don't tend to run as much and subsequently the shots are usually closer. Nor do they fly as hard.

Out of the three Birds this year the furthest was perhaps 30 yards. Still they hit that bird hard and it was dead in the air. The Modified choke puts a lot of shot onto the Bird and makes up for the smaller shot size. Wild birds I would prefer 6's.