41magsnub
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I have a Winchester Model 12 20 gauge youth model. It has the standard youth short stock and the barrel is cut down to the shortest legal length. Not sure what it is exactly but it is very short. When I was 12 (many years ago) my dad bought it for me to start pheasant hunting. I still use it today for upland game since it is only a little too short for me so I can shoot it just fine and the 3" mag 20 gauge shells still knock down a pheasant with authority. Plus.. I get to carry around a light little gun.
On the barrel is a removable choke system and I have the chokes for full, improved, and modified. Slick system, the magazine plug is a threaded tube that holds the 2 chokes not in use and the tool is held on the inside of it.
Since the gun is so short I think it would make a great home defense shotgun. I don't really want to invest in any sort of different barrel.
Sorry for the novel... the real question. What loads should I be looking for to keep around for home defense purposes and which choke should I have in the gun to compliment them?
On the barrel is a removable choke system and I have the chokes for full, improved, and modified. Slick system, the magazine plug is a threaded tube that holds the 2 chokes not in use and the tool is held on the inside of it.
Since the gun is so short I think it would make a great home defense shotgun. I don't really want to invest in any sort of different barrel.
Sorry for the novel... the real question. What loads should I be looking for to keep around for home defense purposes and which choke should I have in the gun to compliment them?
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