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Just curious if anyone uses this guage and how do you like it.My favorite shotgun is a 16 gauge bolt action Mossberg that i love for grouse hunting with lite loads.It only draw back is the price and availibilty of shells

7, I have a Lefever 16 ga. double with a silvery finish, got at a pawn shop several years ago just because it looks so cool. I have shot it some, and I stockpiled some ammo when I could get it at K-Mart in Reno, NV. They used to get a bunch of 6s and 8s in each September for dove season. I love the old thing, it is nothing fancy but it is the only side x side I own. I have 2 stackbarrel guns, one each in 12 and 20 ga.

See www.16ga.com - it's a group of dedicated 16 ga users and a good resource for the few fans of the 16 who understand it's advantages. It's a wonderful gauge. I have owned several, an Ithaca flues, a M12 pump and my current favourite, a Browning Citori white lightning. Nothing better for long walks after prairie grouse and huns. Combines the range of a 12 and carrys like a 20. Patterns much better than a 3" 20 gauge. Of course anything worthwhile is a bit more trouble... don't wait until the night before a hunt to try and find shells!

Yes.

My Browning Sweet Sixteen is my favorite shotgun.

Rick

16's are all I own, have been shooting same for
45yrs. all upland birds ,ducks and geese have fallen to
my 16 gauge shot guns. Have tried 12's but end up
trading them off for something else. If in europe
would find the 16 in much more favour. Good
hunting with your 16's . Northcountry

Ithaca 37 with Polychoke
Remington 11
Savage/Fox side by side
Stevens 520


They are all in 16 gauge and make meat. They are great little guns and I too stocked up whenever I found the shells on sale at K-mart. During Dove season I used to get them for $3 a box. Still shooting those ones up.

Ithaca NID special order field grade. Straight stocked beautiful wood, double triggers, ejectors, IC/Mod 26" barrels restored by Doug Turnbull.....
I love it. I reload 16 so availability isn't as big a problem. I do tend to stockpile factory loads though!
CC

Hey, Chief, are you coming up for a regular tour? You will be getting here at a good time, reds will still be around! Thank you for your service! Kid

Kid,
I'll be there 2 1/2 years before I have to retire. Looking forward to reds on a fly rod!

YES!!! Winchester 24 16ga. ( made in 1958 )

Noble 16 S/S IC/Mod 26" Pats & rabbits

Me too, I love the 16gauge. I only have 3, a Lefever Nitro Special, an older Rem 870, and a Rem 11. I need an Auto-5 and a Fox Sterlingworth.

Steelhead....man you have some great toys!

7,
Just had my first hunting season with the 16 ga, an older 870 and a Savage/Fox. Certainly pleasant to shoot. Haven't had problems finding factory loads in 6s and 7 1/2s.

1950 vintage Sweet Sixteen with factory "cylinder" choke (barrel marked with 3 stars). Also have a full choke barrel for it.
L.C. Smith and I have a line on a nearly un-used 870 that I might pick up just because.

I like an ounce of 8's for anything from preserve pheasants on down. Use 6's or maybe 7-1/2's on wild pheasant with pointing dogs. Flushing dogs and waterfowl the 12ga gets dragged along.

Later
KDK

1950's era Winchester model 12 16 ga. Was my favorite chukar gun.

I have a sweet 16 A5 and a Browning Citori 16 gauge.

I have a Browning Sweet 16 in mint condition with box, etc, and a Winchester Model 12 made in 1940. Love them both. Thanks...Bill.

I wish the gun companies would start pushing this guage a little more.IMHO It's a hard guage to beat.

I picked up a Gran Lightning Citori a cokuple years back as an engagement present to myself.