This topic gets posted about every six months, very subjective, what it comes down to is whatever suits your taste and style. Personally, I prefer a light gun, in fact the lighter the better. My current go-to upland gun is a 16 gauge French guild gun with 27" barrels, choked Full/Skeet, it weighs 5 lbs 1 oz. About all I use it for is hunting, though I will shoot a few rounds of sporting clays and 5-stand with it in the late summer, just before hunting season. Yah it kicks hard, so what.
Steve

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