Originally Posted By: HomelessjOe
Originally Posted By: John Roberts
2" 12 gauge guns are/were made to relieve boredom. Nothing else.
JR


They were made because they offered a squared load.



Define a squared load, personally I don't believe you will find it in the 2" 12 gauge. Also personally I "Do Not" put much stock in a square load.

As to the 3/4 oz load in a 12 vs a .410 one is much more apt to find a higher central thickening in the .410 pattern than the 12. This would give a slight ranged advantage to the .410 but a slightly wider killing pattern with the 12. I do not believe this has much to do with either shot scrubbing or set back but more to the fact that a far higher percentage of the shot is influenced by the choke in the longer, slimmer column of the small bore. As has been said many times. "There Is No Free Lunch".

Miller/TN
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