ALL I HAVE SHOT for the last 20 years is a 20 gauge... I used to think I needed a 12 to kill things with.
I still shoot a tricked out SBE1 for turkeys but one of the 20 Superposeds is all I shoot at ducks and doves and pheasants... as with any other gauge, choke and pellet size are MUCH MORE IMPORTANT than bore diameter... So there.