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Anyone hunting with a SxS 16ga? #14859868 05/08/20
Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 1,863 Coleman D docost99 OP Campfire Regular
OP docost99 Campfire Regular D Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 1,863 Coleman	I want to take mine out next week. Picked up some cardboard to pattern it this weekend with 2 3/4 6 shot. Choked Improved and Modified. Brian

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Re: Anyone hunting with a SxS 16ga? docost99 #14859986 05/08/20
Joined: Mar 2010 Posts: 5,507 Roosted on a limb Yoder409 Campfire Tracker
Yoder409 Campfire Tracker Joined: Mar 2010 Posts: 5,507 Roosted on a limb	I've entertained the thought...................... All I have on hand are some # 7 1/2's and 8's Would love to down one with a vintage SxS Wollen nicht krank dein feind. Planen es.

Re: Anyone hunting with a SxS 16ga? docost99 #14860056 05/08/20
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kingston Campfire 'Bwana Joined: Jan 2010 Posts: 32,130 Somewhere between lost and fou...	Originally Posted by 16penny If you put Taco Bell sauce in your ramen noodles it tastes just like poverty

Re: Anyone hunting with a SxS 16ga? docost99 #14860099 05/08/20
Joined: Dec 2016 Posts: 5,728 NE Illinois D DeanAnderson Campfire Tracker
DeanAnderson Campfire Tracker D Joined: Dec 2016 Posts: 5,728 NE Illinois	I have an old (from the 30's) 16ga take-down pump I'd like to take out, but no sxs. It isn't what happens to you that defines you, it's what you DO about what happens to you that defines you! NRA life member Illinois State Rifle Association member

Re: Anyone hunting with a SxS 16ga? docost99 #14860118 05/08/20
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ShortMagFan Campfire Tracker S Joined: Jul 2009 Posts: 4,475 NC - work / SC - play	I’ve got a 1950s Belgium Sweet 16 in the safe. Maybe someday I’ll take it out to chase a gobbler. Tomorrow I’m going to fondle a side by side 20 that I’m considering buying as a summer turkey gun project...

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Re: Anyone hunting with a SxS 16ga? docost99 #14860133 05/08/20
Joined: Jun 2000 Posts: 11,300 Los Angeles, California RickBin Campfire Outfitter
RickBin Campfire Outfitter Joined: Jun 2000 Posts: 11,300 Los Angeles, California	Absolutely. Sweet 16s too. "What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly: it is dearness only that gives every thing its value. Heaven knows how to put a proper price upon its goods; and it would be strange indeed if so celestial an article as freedom should not be highly rated." Thomas Paine

Re: Anyone hunting with a SxS 16ga? docost99 #14860137 05/08/20
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Magnum_Bob Campfire Outfitter M Joined: Jan 2017 Posts: 8,853	I have a field grade LC Smith 16ga with imp mod and full chokes 2 trigger extractor gun with 2 9/16" chambers . Not a real problem as I can load the short shell. Been concentrating on 1 and 1 1/8 oz loads. Sharptail grouse and pheasant hunting. MB " Cheapest velocity in the world comes from a long barrel and I sure do like them. MB "

Re: Anyone hunting with a SxS 16ga? docost99 #14860497 05/08/20
Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 1,863 Coleman D docost99 OP Campfire Regular
OP docost99 Campfire Regular D Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 1,863 Coleman	Thanks, guys! I’ll see how she patterns tomorrow out to 25 and make a decision! Brian

Re: Anyone hunting with a SxS 16ga? docost99 #14862199 05/09/20
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colorado bob Campfire Tracker Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 4,665	Well, how did she pattern?

Re: Anyone hunting with a SxS 16ga? docost99 #14862268 05/09/20
Joined: Dec 2007 Posts: 3,589 Eastern Pennsylvania ROMAC Campfire Tracker
ROMAC Campfire Tracker Joined: Dec 2007 Posts: 3,589 Eastern Pennsylvania	The 16 is my go gauge for upland hunting. I use SXS's and O/U's both, but mostly SXS's. I especially like Fox's and LC Smith's. I know this is the Turkey Hunting forum but I have used it for turkey too, but I'd rather use a 12 for variety if not anything else. Last edited by ROMAC; 05/09/20. "Somehow, the sound of a shotgun tends to cheer one up" -- Robert Ruark

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Re: Anyone hunting with a SxS 16ga? docost99 #14863177 05/09/20
Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 1,863 Coleman D docost99 OP Campfire Regular
OP docost99 Campfire Regular D Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 1,863 Coleman	It was very windy here today, so it didn’t get done. With snow and rain in the forecast, it might not happen tomorrow, either, but I have it on the schedule! Brian

Re: Anyone hunting with a SxS 16ga? ROMAC #14863217 05/09/20
Joined: Mar 2010 Posts: 5,507 Roosted on a limb Yoder409 Campfire Tracker
Yoder409 Campfire Tracker Joined: Mar 2010 Posts: 5,507 Roosted on a limb	Originally Posted by ROMAC The 16 is my go gauge for upland hunting. I use SXS's and O/U's both, but mostly SXS's. I especially like Fox's and LC Smith's. I know this is the Turkey Hunting forum but I have used it for turkey too, but I'd rather use a 12 for variety if not anything else. That is one fine looking shotgun. Wollen nicht krank dein feind. Planen es.

Re: Anyone hunting with a SxS 16ga? docost99 #14864650 05/10/20
Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 1,863 Coleman D docost99 OP Campfire Regular
OP docost99 Campfire Regular D Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 1,863 Coleman	Boy, at 20 yards the Improved barrel throws a broad pattern with both #6 and #4 shot. The Modified barrel is better with both, but I think 20 would have to be the max. Brian

Re: Anyone hunting with a SxS 16ga? docost99 #14864695 05/10/20
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10gaugemag Campfire Ranger 1 Joined: Oct 2013 Posts: 18,879 Missouri	At 20 I would be shooting #7 1/2 shot. The last time that bear ate a lawyer he had the runs for 33 days!

Re: Anyone hunting with a SxS 16ga? ROMAC #14865495 05/10/20
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George_De_Vries_3rd Campfire Ranger Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 17,094	Originally Posted by ROMAC The 16 is my go gauge for upland hunting. I use SXS's and O/U's both, but mostly SXS's. I especially like Fox's and LC Smith's. I know this is the Turkey Hunting forum but I have used it for turkey too, but I'd rather use a 12 for variety if not anything else. Originally Posted by ROMAC The 16 is my go gauge for upland hunting. I use SXS's and O/U's both, but mostly SXS's. I especially like Fox's and LC Smith's. I know this is the Turkey Hunting forum but I have used it for turkey too, but I'd rather use a 12 for variety if not anything else. Beautiful gun! And those Peters’ boxes bring back a lot of memories.

Re: Anyone hunting with a SxS 16ga? 10gaugemag #14865723 05/10/20
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OP docost99 Campfire Regular D Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 1,863 Coleman	Originally Posted by 10gaugemag At 20 I would be shooting #7 1/2 shot. I’ll have to look for some. Thanks. Brian

Re: Anyone hunting with a SxS 16ga? docost99 #14866752 05/11/20
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DeanAnderson Campfire Tracker D Joined: Dec 2016 Posts: 5,728 NE Illinois	Been a while since I looked at shot size restrictions for spring turkey hunting in WI. So I just looked it up and found the regs only give the "largest" shot sizes allowed, nothing about the "smallest" that I could find. Reading about guys results with smaller TSS shot got me to thinking... It isn't what happens to you that defines you, it's what you DO about what happens to you that defines you! NRA life member Illinois State Rifle Association member

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