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went hunting this am birds were high so switched to blind side. 3 1/2 bb 1 5/8 oz shot. fired two shots nearly tear my shoulder off will stick with Winchester experts or heavy metal
 
3.5's are meant for auto loaders, I don't even feel them when hunting. Winchester SX3, lead turkey 3.5' at 2 1/4 oz you feel when patterning.
 
I shot 2 cases of the new Blindside 1 1/8 oz, #1, 1675 fps loads last week on a hunt in SK. Great shells and a vast improvement over the original 1 3/8 oz Blindside loads. Penetration was very good on decoying geese out to 40 - 45 yards, but BBs would have been even better.

Recoil was not noticeably more than the 11/8 oz Xpert HV loads.
 
I think in any 12Ga 3.5" shells just are not required and are overkill, i dropped 2 ducks sat morning and just crunched em, shot placement is key, watch your lead infront.
 
There are still tons of people who exclusively shoot geese with 10 Ga 3.5" shells.
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Of course there are, the manufacturers have done a good job convincing some consumers that they need 3-1/2" shells to kill geese. As well, there will always be people trying to use more shot to compensate for inadequate shot placement. I still see people using 12 gauge 3" magnums to hunt pheasant, when we do just fine with our 20/28 gauge guns.
 
My son used #2's 3inch on opening day here to drop 3 with his 20 guage. When I was cleaning the geese there were a lot of pellets that passed right through some were still under the far skin. We liked them.
 
I have shot a lot of geese with 2 3/4" shells. I do prefer the 3" shells available now, but before they were around just the 2 3/4 worked well. I have no qualms about shooting them with a 3". I have fired a few 12 gauge 3 1/2" and for the benefit, the rest of the three boxes I have will remain unfired, they are unnecessary in my opinion. They hit me way too hard.
 
stubblejumper said:
Of course there are, the manufacturers have done a good job convincing some consumers that they need 3-1/2" shells to kill geese. As well, there will always be people trying to use more shot to compensate for inadequate shot placement. I still see people using 12 gauge 3" magnums to hunt pheasant, when we do just fine with our 20/28 gauge guns.
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I agree with comment about manufacturers hyping the 3 1/2 in 12 gauge and shot placement being important but out past 40 yrds the 10 gauge rules.If i had skies and feilds full of geese coming into decoys all i would use is 3'' 20 gauge cause under 30 yds it would be a good choice.Where we hunt down here theres a coulple of 100 geese scattered around the ocean and sandbars there either coming in or going out to the ocean and alot of times there over 40 yds thats were the 10 is king bar none..A 3 1/2 '' 12 will bite ya cause the gun is to light were a 10 is just a gentle push against your shoulder cause the weight eats up the recoil.
 
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