With the forced change to non-tox, 3" shells came in to their own. Especially in 20ga. Bismuth and the other steel substitutes help but are expensive and still not up to lead unless you spring for the heavy weights like TSS or Heavy-shot.

High speed steel in 3" number twos bring down prairie mallards and big Canadas with authority in 12ga or 20ga. High speed steel kicks a lot though. I've never been recoil shy until lately. Could be I'm getting into the wrong end of 'life's engagement'...Geo