20ga for sporting clays

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I started shooting SC a couple summers ago informally one night a week at the gun club. Figured I needed a 28" 8.5lb 12g O/U. Decided I would never hunt with that gun so sold it. I shoot only to hone my bird hunting skills, doubt I would ever get into it competitively. Was thinking next summer of using my favourite bird gun which is a 20g Citori Feather Lightning. I realize it really isn't ideal but I love that gun and shoot it well on live birds. So,would dropping down to a 20 change much? Our club tends to have most stations present at @ 35 yds or less.
 
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What is your success ratio on live birds at the 35 yrd mark?

Im no expert at Sporting Clays, but when shooting against the guys with the 12's I was lacking.

When shooting against myself I did fine. ;)

Now, I just shoot the 20 at Grouse, I find that clays stick to my Partial

Rob
 
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Lots of people shooting 12g 7/8 oz loads. Yours just come out of a smaller hole. Go for it. Got my a** kicked last weekend by a guy with a 20. (not that it's all that hard to kick my a**) :redface:

Rob!
 
Westward1 said:
If you shoot to hone your bird hunting skills, don’t worry about your score. Enjoy your 20.
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This sums it up very well. If you need to be competitive against other shooters, then perhaps the 12 would be a better bet. Your choice. !!!!!! My wife uses a 20g for the lower recoil and breaks her share of clays.
 
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I fell in love with sporting clays this last year. I'm nit very good. Ok for a newbie might be an accurate description.
I bought a new citori white lightning in 20g with 28" barrels when I started. I probably averaged around 70/100 with that gun. I started going through 12's like underwear since I decided I wanted a 'competitive' gun to help my score. Bet you now my average is 62/100. Settled on a citori cx with 30's in 12G and I like it enough and realized I better stop jumping around. My point is, just enjoy the Friggen game for what it is and shoot a gun you want to stick with. Your plan to sharpen up with your 20 is a sound one! 20 vs. 12 won't hurt your scores either wsy in my view.
 
At our club almost no one shoots a 12 If they do they are new or have 7/8 loads in them anyway. Most people shoot 20 and the hard core guys shoot tubes down to 410. Enjoy your 20 +1
 
I generally shoot the same, right about 70% with either 20 ga or 12 ga guns that fit me. Wish I could see some advantage one way or the other, if there was I'd use it, but results are basically the same for me.
 
I shoot 7/8 12ga quite a bit- sometimes even drop to 3/4. I add a choke based on my pattern board experiments. There definitely are some targets that are a challenge to hit- but I miss those with a normal load too. If you are shooting for fun I would stick with the 20 and not worry about it!
 
if you hunt with a 20 ga and only shoot clay to hone your wing shooting skills. Then shoot your 20 ga , have fun. I shoot 12,, 11/8 loads and have been beat several times buy a 20ga and the right shooter. have fun
 
I shoot a Cynergy Euro Sporting 20 at the Trap and Skeet range. If you're on you're on, 12 or 20. Love the 20 because of the weight and challenge. I load with 7.5's for Trap and 9's for skeet.
Makes me more accurate when i go back to the 12.
 
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