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Shot a few this year with my SxS 20ga. I’m using 3” Hevi-Steel #3s. Furthest one was 35-40yd and dropped him stone dead. I haven’t noticed any difference in effectiveness between that 20ga and my 12s, but I’m using Mod and IM chokes. If you were to go more open I could see potentially wounding more.
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Shot 4 mallards with my CZ Woodcock last weekend. First time I have shot any ducks with it. As long as the range was reasonable, it piled them up as good as anything. I was shooting 3" 7/8"oz #4's.
A true sportsman counts his achievements in proportion to the effort involved and fairness of the sport. - S. Pope
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#4 typically better in factory load than #2 or #1 in my limited experience.
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Have killed quite a few ducks (and wild pheasants) with 20-gauge 3" loads using #4 or #3 steel out to 35-40 yards--mostly jump-shooting smaller streams where was likely to run into either mallards or roosters. They worked fine within that range, in fact pretty much crumpled birds.
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Yup....not ideal but in tight no problem with 3" #3.
Last edited by DuxHateMe; 01/04/20.
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Just got back from Arkansas and found the #3 3” Heavy Hammer, by Heavy Shot, to be very effective out to about 40 yards. The gun was a Remington 1187 Compact, 21” barrel, with an improved cylinder choke. This was a great combination that we will use again. Also likely to try some Winchester Blind Sides in #2 next time, as a comparison.
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