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<blockquote data-quote="73driver" data-source="post: 2017860" data-attributes="member: 36473"><p>I have been dove, quail and duck hunting for 55 years. My first duck hunt was a weekend over a pond in an alpine meadow in N AZ shooting a MOD 97 Winchester 12G pump. I got fourteen birds that weekend two were red head drakes zooming left to right over the decoys. I managed a double and dropped them both, mind you that was as 12 year old working a pump shotgun that even back then was a near antique. Point being pumps work fast and use a 12G. Since that time its many years of bird hunting with a number of different MOD 12 Winchesters, they all seam to fit just right. I finally switched to a Winchester MOD 23 side by side when Federal steel shot shells would no longer work in MOD12's. Went to the side by side and ran tungsten matrix shot. Now days unless you can get a used Miroku Mod 12 only made in 20G) most MOD 12's are sort of worn out. Pumps work fine and less of a function headache than autos. Over under and side by sides are reliable, solid and usually come in wood stocks. Consider Browning over/under, really you don't need an auto, all it gets you is 3 shots and third shot just means you missed.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="73driver, post: 2017860, member: 36473"] I have been dove, quail and duck hunting for 55 years. My first duck hunt was a weekend over a pond in an alpine meadow in N AZ shooting a MOD 97 Winchester 12G pump. I got fourteen birds that weekend two were red head drakes zooming left to right over the decoys. I managed a double and dropped them both, mind you that was as 12 year old working a pump shotgun that even back then was a near antique. Point being pumps work fast and use a 12G. Since that time its many years of bird hunting with a number of different MOD 12 Winchesters, they all seam to fit just right. I finally switched to a Winchester MOD 23 side by side when Federal steel shot shells would no longer work in MOD12's. Went to the side by side and ran tungsten matrix shot. Now days unless you can get a used Miroku Mod 12 only made in 20G) most MOD 12's are sort of worn out. Pumps work fine and less of a function headache than autos. Over under and side by sides are reliable, solid and usually come in wood stocks. Consider Browning over/under, really you don't need an auto, all it gets you is 3 shots and third shot just means you missed. [/QUOTE]
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