As long as you use standard loads - no magnums, no 3 inchers - a 20ga. that fits you well should be easy shooting. I shoot a 5lb. 14oz. 20ga. SxS, which fits well and gives me no problem with 7/8oz. and 1oz. loads. I normally shoot 7/8oz. loads at skeet and after three or four rounds, have no noticeable recoil problem.

For game I generally use 7/8oz. #8 trap loads for ruffed grouse, and 1oz. of #6s for wild pheasant. I favor the Pachmayr Old English SC pad (brown pad with black heel insert), which both of my SxSs have.

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