Where I live, and do the majority of my shooting, 16 ga. ammo is a helluva lot easier to come by than 2 1/2" 12s! Sure, I can order anything, via internet or telephone, but I can buy 16s on sale at Bass Pro Shops for half the cost of ordering short 12s, even from Polywad, who is only a couple hours away from me. Jay doesn't run sales on his ammo, excellent as it is, and neither does RST, or the English ammo companies that I am aware of.

I own a beautiful little Hollis sidelock game gun, but never use it. If you want to pay $13-$15 a box for ammo (plus shipping!)so that you can carry a light 12 afield, go for it, but not me. I'm just too practical to get romantic about lightweight 12 ga. game guns.

SRH

Last edited by Stan; 07/03/12 05:13 PM.
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