My intro to the "12" was 28" FC. Took a pheasant one day not far from Larned, KS that was a fair long shot to start. One shot, one thump, the ol' man paced 97 steps to fetch it. Usin' those WW Super X's, #5, just on the market with those newfangled plastic strips around the shot. Combo hummed.

I think your take on the 16 is solid, but I never had the opportunity to work one with a rib. Great piece of engineering and construction the "12". Fixed chokes...got a number of them, no handicap in that concept.


I am..........disturbed.

Concerning the difference between man and the jackass: some observers hold that there isn't any. But this wrongs the jackass. -Twain