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Old 07-09-2019, 01:59 PM
32-40win 32-40win is offline
 
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I had an SBE2, liked it well enough, found that the only real use for the 3-1/2" was for high snows, to get a bit heavier load with a few more pellets out there. Recoil isn't an issue for me, although I did find out that the lighter gun was perhaps harder to get back on target, even though it was an autoloader. I was shooting 1550 1-3/8 oz loads in it. These days I find that shooting a 30" barreled SXS is actually easier to recover with, and not even a consideration on recoil, even with a wood buttplate, with 3" 1-1/4oz @ 1400. The way these pattern, they hold well enough for the high hangars in the wind. And I still take home plenty of geese. Other than the goose hunting, I'll use a 20ga, and I have used 20ga 3" 1oz for geese fairly often for the early ones that decoy in nice and the early ducks. If I am shooting ducks only, I use the 20ga. If I can use lead loads, I'll use the 20ga.
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