I paid $10 each box of high brass (which always ejects properly) 12 ga. 7 1/2 shot. The A-5 sometimes won't eject the lighter powder charges. I got used to snatching them out to get the gun to cycle. There was a fair bit of #9 shot which is what I call "skeet" loadsavailable. The 7 1/2 is what I think of as a dove load. Possibly even 8.

They had 3" loaded with #2 shot but I could not figure what to use it on. Too big for birds and too small for deer. Anything you're going to tan would be worthless with so many holes.

A-5 is my favorite. Auto loads from the bottom. Great for doves (or pigeons in South America). I shot a 20 all my life but gave it to my daughter and her husband likes to shoot it. He has 6 A-5s but no vent rib Belgians. Mine is 1959. My son-in-law has one of the new A-5s that takes 2 3/4 or 3". He gave his father one for Christmas last year. If he has $1500 to throw around he should be thinking of his father-in-law, too.