At the ranges most of us should be shooting it makes little difference.....a Pheasant being a large Bird, pretty much fills the pattern circle of either....and that circle will contain the minimum 5-8 pellets required for clean kills. The 12 with the additional pellets will always hit them with more strikes....are they necessary?
With a good point, no....
I would rather hunt Pheasants with a quick handling 20--or, 28, or 16---than a burdensome 12 better suited for trap and sporting clays....
Last edited by battue; 11/08/20.
