

If you like speed, you can sacrifice 1/8 ounce of pellets for 200 fps more velocity. A 3-inch hull sends an ounce of shot at around 1350 fps which, in my opinion, is fast enough. There’s nothing wrong with regular steel 20-gauge loads, either.

9 tungsten-iron shot to give you more oomph at longer ranges.

Or, you can shoot just a sprinkling of TSS mixed with steel in Federal’s Black Cloud TSS, which combines both No. If you want to splurge on Apex TSS waterfowl loads, a 20 will kill birds as far away as you can shoot them. 3 shot with good success on ducks and geese) and tungsten-iron HeviShot and HeviX let you shoot a 20 with confidence out to 35 yards and more. Bismuth shells from a number of makers (I have been shooting Federal and Rio No. The 20′s limitations aren’t, well, very limiting if you take advantage of some of the newest ammunition.
