Is there a place for a 20 gauge?

[elkguide]

Was 12 for everything. Now I shoot 12 (mostly) for sporting clays, with the 20s being used for waterfowl and the 28s for all upland. Way more fun and enjoyable days.

 

[ianpadron]

I don't even remember the last time I shot a 12 gauge at a bird on the wing.

Whenever it was, there have been a few hundred upland birds and waterfowl that were cleanly dispatched since with a 20 or 28.

For a guy that can shoot, I don't think the extra payload capacity of a 12 is worth anything at normal hunting ranges. If your exclusively pass shooting with steel... I'll take a 12 but I don't hunt like that