CactusThomas said:

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Apache said:

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I shoot a 16 for dove so 12 gauge cretans cant borrow my shells.

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Cheaper to shoot and share 12 ga.

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My Dad is 60 something and has shot 12 gauge for 40 years for this reason. Every time I ask him to pick up a case of shells for me he tells me how much more per box the 20's are than the 12's. "That's a dollar and 15 cents more per box you know?"

He'd keel over in Academy if I let him pick up a case of 28's.

Because not all of us can afford a gun for ever bird we hunt. This isn't golf. I don't have a gun caddie.

If you're going to hunt dove duck and goose, and you can only afford one again it makes sense to make it a 12 gauge

Tree Hugger said:

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punt gun or GTFO

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I am shooting a 12ga o/u with 28ga tubes in it... not sure how I am supposed to feel.

So it can double as a home defense weapon duh...

AggieGunslinger said:

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I am shooting a 12ga o/u with 28ga tubes in it... not sure how I am supposed to feel.

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What's the purpose of those? Seems like you get the downsides of both? The heavier weight of the 12 gauge (actually more since you add in the tubes) and but less shot and more expensive shells.

Genuinely curious.

Tube sets are common in clay sports like skeet and sporting clays where there are different events for all the different gauges. That way you only have to have one gun fitted to you, not 4, you only need one smaller case, not multiples. The weight is a huge plus in a sporting event where you might shoot a few hundred shells a day for 3 to 5 days and every bit of reduction in perceived recoil is a big deal.

In the field they do the same thing. If all you have is a 12ga O/U but want to shoot 20ga and 28ga at smaller birds you can go to briely.com and for $800 bucks get a full set of their sidekick tubes, viola, 1 gun become 4. I wouldn't want to walk miles and miles with a tubed gun because they do add weight.

I was making a joke. I will be taking a 20ga Red Label, a 12 ga Citori and the single shot .410 for my son.

I didn't even think of clays. That makes sense.

Thanks for the explanation.

How many people own a specific dove gun?

The 12 ga can go anywhere and do anything you need for wing shooting. I like the Rio 12 ga. light target loads for dove.

I grew up shooting 12 ga, so for me, it is a comfort thing. I don't notice the recoil from any of my 12 ga guns, and I can hit what I aim at 85% of the time, and that number is on a bad day. So I stick with it. I like to pull the trigger a lot, so cheaper cost for high quality ammo is another good reason for me to go with 12 ga, and has been most of my life.

My son and my best friend, both shoot 20ga. My son is 6 foot tall also, but at 15, not as stocky as I am yet. I know for him, it is a comfort thing too. I would imagine he would switch, if proven he could hit more birds with 12ga.

My buddy shoots 20 ga, because he cites the extra recoil from the 12ga as the reason for not using it. I think that is because he was using an O/U 12, and when he went 20, he used an auto-loader, so the kick dropped drastically anyway.

To each his own, I guess.

CE Lounge Lizzard said:

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So it can double as a home defense weapon duh...

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All you gotta do is rack the slide and the perp will go running at the sound

I'll be using my 12ga this weekend for white wings (special white wing zone hunt) , high likely hood the rest of the weekends ill be using my 20ga though.

MASAXET said:

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CE Lounge Lizzard said:

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So it can double as a home defense weapon duh...

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All you gotta do is rack the slide and the perp will go running at the sound

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Especially with a fully automatic O/U.

CT'97 said:

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How many people own a specific dove gun?

The 12 ga can go anywhere and do anything you need for wing shooting. I like the Rio 12 ga. light target loads for dove.

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I do. I own a specific duck/goose gun as well.

I could use some others as crossovers - and might just for fun. My dad's old double 16ga was his duck hunting gun, but I'm seriously contemplating taking it this weekend to bust some dove with. I may or may not shed a tear or two. In fact, there really is no contemplating going on - I'm doing it.

But my dove/quail/upland bird gun is a 20ga OU. My duck/goose/crane gun is an 870. One day I'll replace the recoil pad on the 10ga SxS my dad had to have when he was a teenager and take it out for fun, just like I'm taking his 16ga SxS this year.

It's simple, I shoot a 12 gauge because I'm a man. Not a woman or a child.

I bought 20ga Heavy Loads for $4.19 a box this year thanks to the Cabela's Deal that was posted here. Does no one shop deals?

Good luck finding 12ga for that price.

BrazosDog02 said:

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I bought 20ga Heavy Loads for $4.19 a box this year thanks to the Cabela's Deal that was posted here. Does no one shop deals?

Good luck finding 12ga for that price.

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You're welcome!

I shot my dad's 16 ga pump growing up for 3-4 years dove hunting - probably sometime between junior high and high school. It was a great gun, wish the 16's were still around and more prevalent.

16ga or gtfo. Kicks like a 12 misses like a 20! Man up!

.410 with 30" barrels for me. 2 1/2 inch, 8 shot, 1/2 ounce, 1300 fps works like a charm.

BrazosDog02 said:

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I bought 20ga Heavy Loads for $4.19 a box this year thanks to the Cabela's Deal that was posted here. Does no one shop deals?

Good luck finding 12ga for that price.

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I have $4.79 a box in the 3 cases of Winchester AA 12ga shells I am shooting this year. So I will have to give you the 80 cents savings, but you probably aren't throwing out 1 1/8 oz of shot at 1300 FPS either. As slow as I swing it, that matters to me.

schmellba99 said:

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But my dove/quail/upland bird gun is a 20ga OU.

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I don't hunt much, but enjoy quail more than anything else, so my only hunting shotgun is a 20ga O/U as well.

I use a 12 because I only get one weekend hunt a year. So I suck and need all the help I can get. 9-21/23 is my weekend.

malenurse said:

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It's simple, I shoot a 12 gauge because I'm a man. Not a woman or a child.

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This... If 10g weren't so damn expensive I'd shoot that because I'm not a *****.

Get back to us when you're using that .410 on teal. My uncle was lethal with his .410 on teal.

dr_boogs said:

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Get back to us when you're using that .410 on teal. My uncle was lethal with his .410 on teal.

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My grandfather grew up with a guy that used a .410 to goose hunt. Grantes, it was all he had, but Paw said that guy could slay geese with it.

Tx-Ag2010 said:

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malenurse said:

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It's simple, I shoot a 12 gauge because I'm a man. Not a woman or a child.

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This... If 10g weren't so damn expensive I'd shoot that because I'm not a *****.

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This and this. Never knew we had so many poontangs on this board that would whine about shotgun recoil. Im sure their sons will probably grow up to be NFL cheerleaders.

dr_boogs said:

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BrazosDog02 said:

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I bought 20ga Heavy Loads for $4.19 a box this year thanks to the Cabela's Deal that was posted here. Does no one shop deals?

Good luck finding 12ga for that price.

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You're welcome!

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Thanks bro. Did anyone else even read it? Wondered if it was too soon before the season for Anyome to be dripping with excitement yet. Anyway...good find. Should've bought more. Lol.

I don't hunt waterfowl or turkeys, but otherwise I can shoot anything I care to hunt with a 20 or 28 gauge SxS, so I do. Doves, quail, pheasants, grouse - upland birds with the exception of the doves. I have 12 and 16 gauge guns too. I like the 16 for the gun itself so I use it sometimes. I can't remember the last time I hunted with a 12 gauge.

Aggieangler93 said:

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BrazosDog02 said:

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I bought 20ga Heavy Loads for $4.19 a box this year thanks to the Cabela's Deal that was posted here. Does no one shop deals?

Good luck finding 12ga for that price.

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I have $4.79 a box in the 3 cases of Winchester AA 12ga shells I am shooting this year. So I will have to give you the 80 cents savings, but you probably aren't throwing out 1 1/8 oz of shot at 1300 FPS either. As slow as I swing it, that matters to me.

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I didn't see YOUR post with a link to that ammo deal. Wtf, Ag?

Apache said:

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I shoot a 16 for dove so 12 gauge cretans cant borrow my shells.

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Heck, most of the guys I hunt with shoot 16s, a couple of them exclusively.

JR69 said:

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Apache said:

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I shoot a 16 for dove so 12 gauge cretans cant borrow my shells.

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Heck, most of the guys I hunt with shoot 16s, a couple of them exclusively.

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That sounds like an expensive hunt.

BrazosDog02 said:

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JR69 said:

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Apache said:

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I shoot a 16 for dove so 12 gauge cretans cant borrow my shells.

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Heck, most of the guys I hunt with shoot 16s, a couple of them exclusively.

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That sounds like an expensive hunt.

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Not really - we shop wisely and we all reload

BrazosDog02 said:

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Aggieangler93 said:

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BrazosDog02 said:

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I bought 20ga Heavy Loads for $4.19 a box this year thanks to the Cabela's Deal that was posted here. Does no one shop deals?

Good luck finding 12ga for that price.

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I have $4.79 a box in the 3 cases of Winchester AA 12ga shells I am shooting this year. So I will have to give you the 80 cents savings, but you probably aren't throwing out 1 1/8 oz of shot at 1300 FPS either. As slow as I swing it, that matters to me.

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I didn't see YOUR post with a link to that ammo deal. Wtf, Ag?

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It was the Academy 20% off anything on the website thread. I believe I mentioned this exact deal. Take that ridiculously low purchase price, and subtract the $2 per box rebate they do every year, and actually they got down around $4.40 a box before tax. How could I pass that up? I would have bought 10 cases had my kid not been enrolling at TAMU this fall and I knew that was coming.

Ahem.....https://texags.com/forums/34/topics/2946628/replies/51640613

Well if they shoot a 16, then they aren't Cretans and I don't mind them borrowing! (Cause I might do the same)
I'd be curious about the average age of the men that shoot those 16's. I'm guessing they are over 50 at least?