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Any 16 guage users. #794210 03/21/06 Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 12,630 7 STW OP Campfire Outfitter OP 7 STW Campfire Outfitter Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 12,630 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

Re: Any 16 guage users. #794211 03/21/06 Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 12,359 VA kid0917 Campfire Outfitter kid0917 Campfire Outfitter Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 12,359 VA 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.

Re: Any 16 guage users. #794212 03/21/06 Joined: Dec 2004 Posts: 2,325 Saskatchewan, Canada C castnblast Campfire Regular castnblast Campfire Regular C Joined: Dec 2004 Posts: 2,325 Saskatchewan, Canada 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!

Re: Any 16 guage users. #794213 03/21/06 Joined: Jun 2000 Posts: 11,309 Likes: 13 Los Angeles, California RickBin Campfire Outfitter RickBin Campfire Outfitter Joined: Jun 2000 Posts: 11,309 Likes: 13 Los Angeles, California Yes. My Browning Sweet Sixteen is my favorite shotgun. Rick "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: Any 16 guage users. #794214 03/22/06 Joined: Jun 2003 Posts: 3,871 End of the Oregon Trail northcountry Campfire Tracker northcountry Campfire Tracker Joined: Jun 2003 Posts: 3,871 End of the Oregon Trail 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 don't judge until you have walked a mile in other persons' moccasins' SUM QUOD SUM........HOMINEM TE ESSE MEMENTO

Re: Any 16 guage users. #794215 03/22/06 Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 3,312 Livermore Bushwacker Campfire Tracker Bushwacker Campfire Tracker Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 3,312 Livermore 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. [Linked Image]

Re: Any 16 guage users. #794216 03/22/06 Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 2,068 SW Oregon B Blacktail308 Campfire Regular Blacktail308 Campfire Regular B Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 2,068 SW Oregon 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 "May the LORD bless you and keep you, may His face shine upon you, may He be gracious and give you peace" from Numbers 6:24-26

Re: Any 16 guage users. #794217 03/22/06 Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 12,359 VA kid0917 Campfire Outfitter kid0917 Campfire Outfitter Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 12,359 VA 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

Re: Any 16 guage users. #794218 03/23/06 Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 2,068 SW Oregon B Blacktail308 Campfire Regular Blacktail308 Campfire Regular B Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 2,068 SW Oregon Kid, I'll be there 2 1/2 years before I have to retire. Looking forward to reds on a fly rod! "May the LORD bless you and keep you, may His face shine upon you, may He be gracious and give you peace" from Numbers 6:24-26

Re: Any 16 guage users. #794219 03/24/06 Joined: Jan 2006 Posts: 1,160 florida 2 257 roberts Campfire Regular 257 roberts Campfire Regular 2 Joined: Jan 2006 Posts: 1,160 florida YES!!! Winchester 24 16ga. ( made in 1958 )

Re: Any 16 guage users. #794220 03/24/06 Joined: Mar 2004 Posts: 6,065 Michigan T tomk Campfire Tracker tomk Campfire Tracker T Joined: Mar 2004 Posts: 6,065 Michigan Noble 16 S/S IC/Mod 26" Pats & rabbits

Re: Any 16 guage users. #794221 03/25/06 Joined: Oct 2002 Posts: 96,121 S Steelhead Campfire Oracle Steelhead Campfire Oracle S Joined: Oct 2002 Posts: 96,121 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. "Dear Lord, save me from Your followers"

Re: Any 16 guage users. #794222 03/25/06 Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 12,359 VA kid0917 Campfire Outfitter kid0917 Campfire Outfitter Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 12,359 VA Steelhead....man you have some great toys!

Re: Any 16 guage users. #794223 04/14/06 Joined: Jun 2003 Posts: 389 Louisiana B Boyd45 Campfire Member Boyd45 Campfire Member B Joined: Jun 2003 Posts: 389 Louisiana 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.

Re: Any 16 guage users. #794224 04/15/06 Joined: Mar 2003 Posts: 517 Central Texas Hill Country Chuckbuster Campfire Regular Chuckbuster Campfire Regular Joined: Mar 2003 Posts: 517 Central Texas Hill Country 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 I have "CDO". It is just like "OCD" except the letters are in alphabetical order LIKE THEY SHOULD BE!

Re: Any 16 guage users. #794225 04/15/06 Joined: Dec 2004 Posts: 933 Idaho L lochsa Campfire Regular lochsa Campfire Regular L Joined: Dec 2004 Posts: 933 Idaho 1950's era Winchester model 12 16 ga. Was my favorite chukar gun.

Re: Any 16 guage users. #794226 05/14/06 Joined: Feb 2006 Posts: 1,118 Likes: 1 S SLDUCK Campfire Regular SLDUCK Campfire Regular S Joined: Feb 2006 Posts: 1,118 Likes: 1 I have a sweet 16 A5 and a Browning Citori 16 gauge.

Re: Any 16 guage users. #794227 05/16/06 Joined: Mar 2003 Posts: 4,469 M model70man Campfire Tracker model70man Campfire Tracker M Joined: Mar 2003 Posts: 4,469 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.

Re: Any 16 guage users. #794228 05/17/06 Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 12,630 7 STW OP Campfire Outfitter OP 7 STW Campfire Outfitter Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 12,630 I wish the gun companies would start pushing this guage a little more.IMHO It's a hard guage to beat.

Re: Any 16 guage users. #794229 05/17/06 Joined: Sep 2004 Posts: 902 Kenosha, WI Bay_Dog Campfire Regular Bay_Dog Campfire Regular Joined: Sep 2004 Posts: 902 Kenosha, WI I picked up a Gran Lightning Citori a cokuple years back as an engagement present to myself.

Re: Any 16 guage users. #794230 05/17/06 Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 12,359 VA kid0917 Campfire Outfitter kid0917 Campfire Outfitter Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 12,359 VA you guys are making me want to get my Lefever out and burn up some shells!!

Re: Any 16 guage users. #794231 05/18/06 Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 5,618 Columbia, S.C. SCGunNut Campfire Tracker SCGunNut Campfire Tracker Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 5,618 Columbia, S.C. The 16 is my favorite bird gun. I have a Citori, a Sweet Sixteen {Jap} and a Winchester 24. I may have to have a 4th because we just got a couple of the CZ doubles into the shop and they are N-I-C-E! Hell, if I wasn't such a gun snob I'd even buy a H&R single shot with the black stocks/nickeled receiver in 16 to shoot squirrels with. I may get it anyway and just not tell anybody....

Re: Any 16 guage users. #794232 05/18/06 Joined: Feb 2005 Posts: 203 MN T TooTech Campfire Member TooTech Campfire Member T Joined: Feb 2005 Posts: 203 MN Oh yea! I've got two drillings, a Rempt SxS and a Rempt O/U, and an Ithaca NID grade 1, all in 16 gauge.

Re: Any 16 guage users. #794233 05/19/06 Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 12,359 VA kid0917 Campfire Outfitter kid0917 Campfire Outfitter Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 12,359 VA "I may get it anyway and just not tell anybody...." <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" /> That's the spirit!!! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

Re: Any 16 guage users. #794234 05/21/06 Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 10,262 PA H Hubert Campfire Outfitter Hubert Campfire Outfitter H Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 10,262 PA I only have a winchester mdl 37 16 ga . I got it from some dude in AK. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

Re: Any 16 guage users. #794235 05/21/06 Joined: Sep 2004 Posts: 902 Kenosha, WI Bay_Dog Campfire Regular Bay_Dog Campfire Regular Joined: Sep 2004 Posts: 902 Kenosha, WI I have one of them (Winchester 37) too and a Savage 220B. I also had a 50's or 60's vintage 870.

Re: Any 16 guage users. #794236 05/22/06 Joined: Sep 2005 Posts: 284 Ohio C cur dog Campfire Member cur dog Campfire Member C Joined: Sep 2005 Posts: 284 Ohio I have a Parker VH-16 gauge of my fathers and his hunting partners Lefever Nitro Special in 16 gauge. Both guns work great and get a lot of use on the cottontails.

Re: Any 16 guage users. #794237 05/22/06 Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 12,359 VA kid0917 Campfire Outfitter kid0917 Campfire Outfitter Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 12,359 VA good choice for rabbit - critters. Are we 16 gauge fans going to turn out like the MacIntosh computer users, a diehard 10% of shooters? <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

Re: Any 16 guage users. #794238 05/22/06 Joined: Feb 2006 Posts: 100 G glasgowm Campfire Member glasgowm Campfire Member G Joined: Feb 2006 Posts: 100 I have several Ithaca model 37 16's. Favorite gauge and gun for upland. I'm partial to the older 37's with the "ringtail" or "corn cob" forends. Others are always amazed at the "performance" compared with their 12 gauges. Of course that probably has at least as much to do with the number of shells I put through them. Matthew

Re: Any 16 guage users. #794239 05/22/06 Joined: Sep 2004 Posts: 902 Kenosha, WI Bay_Dog Campfire Regular Bay_Dog Campfire Regular Joined: Sep 2004 Posts: 902 Kenosha, WI I'll probably inherit the father-in-law's French SxS 16. His father brought it back from WWII.

Re: Any 16 guage users. #794240 05/22/06 Joined: Jun 2004 Posts: 910 Pennsylvania C Captain Campfire Regular Captain Campfire Regular C Joined: Jun 2004 Posts: 910 Pennsylvania The first shotgun I ever used and still my favorite, my Dads Remington M31. NRA Benefactor Member "When democracy turns to tyranny, the armed citizenry still gets to vote!"

Re: Any 16 guage users. #794241 05/23/06 Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 7,259 Southern California L Lee24 Campfire Tracker Lee24 Campfire Tracker L Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 7,259 Southern California Restored Fox Sterlingworth with English stock.

Re: Any 16 guage users. #794242 05/24/06 Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 481 Innis, Louisiana L LongRanger Campfire Member LongRanger Campfire Member L Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 481 Innis, Louisiana I'll join you in your deviant behavior this fall. I picked up two this year,a Sweet 16 28" VR modified from the 50's and a Winchester 1200 with improved cylinder and modified barrels. I noticed that Polywad and Eley sell some interesting shells if they are hard to find locally. http://www.polywad-shotgun-shells.com/16%2Dgauge%2Dshotshells/ http://www.eleyshotshells.com/merchant2/...gory_Code=16ETG

Re: Any 16 guage users. #794243 05/26/06 Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 44 Meadow Lakes , Alaska 4 49thunter Campfire Greenhorn 49thunter Campfire Greenhorn 4 Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 44 Meadow Lakes , Alaska I have a newer Rem. 870 express that gets used for ptarmigan and grouse. Seems to be just the ticket.

Re: Any 16 guage users. #794244 05/29/06 Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 1,666 Shenandoah Valley VA shooter42 Campfire Regular shooter42 Campfire Regular Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 1,666 Shenandoah Valley VA i have two. an ithaca 37 i got for my 14th birthday a real long time ago. my favorite though is a two barrel lc smith set i restored the metal and restocked. both sets of barrel are 26 inches. choked imp mod and cyl and full and mod.

Re: Any 16 guage users. #794245 05/29/06 Joined: Nov 2005 Posts: 6,008 CAUTION:POST COUNT=BS METER Grogel_Deluxe Campfire Tracker Grogel_Deluxe Campfire Tracker Joined: Nov 2005 Posts: 6,008 CAUTION:POST COUNT=BS METER A Ithaca M37, Lefever Nitro Special, and a Philly Fox A Grade that was a gift from a friend who introduced me to doubles and the 16. I grew up hunting grouse with a single shot 12ga, so when I got the Beretta a390 I thought it was the greatest thing in the world. Havent used a 12 since I got my first 16. There is nothing like a walk in the fall woods with a slim 16 over your arm. "We're all going to have so much [bleep] fun we'll need plastic surgery to remove our god damn smiles." - Clark Griswold Remembering The 99 http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/detail/1163424

Re: Any 16 guage users. #794246 06/01/06 Joined: Feb 2006 Posts: 371 N NYStillHunter Campfire Member NYStillHunter Campfire Member N Joined: Feb 2006 Posts: 371 My L.C. Smith was a real joy.

Re: Any 16 guage users. #794247 06/07/06 Joined: Mar 2003 Posts: 588 Plainfield, IL RandyWakeman Campfire Regular RandyWakeman Campfire Regular Joined: Mar 2003 Posts: 588 Plainfield, IL Quote Yes. My Browning Sweet Sixteen is my favorite shotgun. Rick You are not alone-- make that A-5's in general! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" /> --Randy

Re: Any 16 guage users. #794248 06/07/06 Joined: Oct 2002 Posts: 96,121 S Steelhead Campfire Oracle Steelhead Campfire Oracle S Joined: Oct 2002 Posts: 96,121 Quote with a slim 16 over your arm Amen, just make sure the parents are ok with it...... "Dear Lord, save me from Your followers"

Re: Any 16 guage users. #794249 06/09/06 Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 12,359 VA kid0917 Campfire Outfitter kid0917 Campfire Outfitter Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 12,359 VA <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" />

Re: Any 16 guage users. #794250 06/10/06 Joined: Jun 2004 Posts: 3,691 Southern Oregon Blacktail53 Campfire Tracker Blacktail53 Campfire Tracker Joined: Jun 2004 Posts: 3,691 Southern Oregon One 16. An old win 1897 pump. Full choke, exposed hammer, great trigger. It was manufactured in 1900. Handed down to me by my late elk hunting mentor. I like to use it to run n gun for Rio's. Got a real nice old tom this season with a swarm of 6's from that old 97'. BT53 BT53 "Where do they find young men like this?" Reporter Savidge, Iraq Elk, it's what's for dinner....

Re: Any 16 guage users. #794251 06/10/06 Joined: Dec 2004 Posts: 2,325 Saskatchewan, Canada C castnblast Campfire Regular castnblast Campfire Regular C Joined: Dec 2004 Posts: 2,325 Saskatchewan, Canada I've used and traded / sold and Ithaca sxs and a Winchester M12, and currently shoot both a Browning Citori White Lightning and a Merkel O/U ( with an extra set of barrels, 16 over 7x57.) Love 'em both. and yes, kid0917 I do use a Macintosh computer!

Re: Any 16 guage users. #794252 07/06/06 Joined: Apr 2004 Posts: 61,130 gone V VAnimrod Campfire Kahuna VAnimrod Campfire Kahuna V Joined: Apr 2004 Posts: 61,130 gone Remington Sportsman 16 currently sporting a 26" Imp.Cyl. barrel. Would very much like to have (later on) a Lefever Nitro or an L.C. Smith sxs 16, to go with the pair of sxs that I inherited from my grandfather (a Lefever Nitro 12 and an L.C. Smith 20).

Re: Any 16 guage users. #794253 07/08/06 Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 525 Upstate NY, USA X XLTFX4 Campfire Regular XLTFX4 Campfire Regular X Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 525 Upstate NY, USA I have a 1937 Fox Sterlingworth sxs and a 1951 Winchester 24 sxs, both original guns and 16 ga.. I,too, have bought the Remington promo 16 ga. shells on sale in the Fall in K Mart. I don't small game hunt much anymore so I'm thinking of selling the Win. 24. Any 16 makes the ideal upland gun. "If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be." Thomas Jefferson- 1816 NRA Endowment Life member NYSRPA Life member

Re: Any 16 guage users. #794254 08/04/06 Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 278 Waterford, PA Two503000 Campfire Member Two503000 Campfire Member Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 278 Waterford, PA I have a Stoeger Zephyr Pinehurst in 16 ga double. It was made in Spain. It's a very pretty gun with some engraving work and the wood is beautiful. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" /> Phil

Re: Any 16 guage users. #794255 08/07/06 Joined: Sep 2004 Posts: 837 East Texas L ldorado Campfire Regular ldorado Campfire Regular L Joined: Sep 2004 Posts: 837 East Texas Guess I'm destined to become one. Just bought a Winchester model 12 Tournament Grade in 16 guage. Solid rib and a black diamond stock. It has a corn cob fore end which I am convinced is a replacement. I'm looking for a proper fore end to replace the replacement with.

Re: Any 16 guage users. #794256 08/07/06 Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 1,827 Kentucky K KyWindageII Campfire Regular KyWindageII Campfire Regular K Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 1,827 Kentucky I use a sweet 16 on doves and a 1942 model 12 as my beater grouse and woodcock gun. Don Zutz used to say that a 16 gauge model 12 handles like a British Game gun and I believe he was right!

Re: Any 16 guage users. #794257 08/08/06 Joined: Sep 2004 Posts: 837 East Texas L ldorado Campfire Regular ldorado Campfire Regular L Joined: Sep 2004 Posts: 837 East Texas KyWindageII, I don't know Don Z or anything about British guns ('Well frogs cannot speak of oceans.') but I guess he liked Model 12's. I got it because I have Trap models in 12 gauge M97, 20 gauge M12, and a M42. It'll feel right at home with the other straight stocked pump guns.

Re: Any 16 guage users. #794258 08/31/06 Joined: Mar 2006 Posts: 6 M MattyD New Member MattyD New Member M Joined: Mar 2006 Posts: 6 I enjoy a model 12 mod choke for the pheasants we release to work the dogs. Nothing special or overly pretty as it has been around since 1958 but sure is smooth!

Re: Any 16 guage users. #794259 09/14/06 Joined: Oct 2004 Posts: 443 Riley Co., Kansas Rabbitdog Campfire Member Rabbitdog Campfire Member Joined: Oct 2004 Posts: 443 Riley Co., Kansas To ALL 16ga. Lovers and Users; Go to www.16ga.com. This is the web sight for a neat group of 16 ga. worshipers known as the " 16 Ga. Society " There is loads of information on 16 ga. guns and ammo and the like. They have a very active forum. Give it a try....You'll like it. Rabbitdog Shriners Helping Kids

Re: Any 16 guage users. #794260 09/24/06 Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 2,089 D DonFischer Campfire Regular DonFischer Campfire Regular D Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 2,089 Sure don't look like the 16's dieing to me. Modet 37 Ithica AyA matador (my favorite)sxs

Re: Any 16 guage users. #794261 10/09/06 Joined: Jun 2004 Posts: 461 New Hampsha, by God. 300Sav Campfire Member 300Sav Campfire Member Joined: Jun 2004 Posts: 461 New Hampsha, by God. Got two... A 1950's era 1148 and a 1947 Stevens 530a SxS. I am hooked on the 16, as it sure does the job on pheasants!!!! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif" alt="" /> Last edited by 300Sav; 10/09/06.

Re: Any 16 guage users. #794262 10/10/06 Joined: Dec 2004 Posts: 2,325 Saskatchewan, Canada C castnblast Campfire Regular castnblast Campfire Regular C Joined: Dec 2004 Posts: 2,325 Saskatchewan, Canada On Saturday I used my Merkel to shoot two blue geese, a sharptail grouse and a coyote. Seems like the 16 is still versatile!

Re: Any 16 guage users. #794263 10/12/06 Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 2,089 D DonFischer Campfire Regular DonFischer Campfire Regular D Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 2,089 Alright, is anyone posting here under 55 or 60yrs old?

Re: Any 16 guage users. #794264 10/12/06 Joined: Apr 2004 Posts: 61,130 gone V VAnimrod Campfire Kahuna VAnimrod Campfire Kahuna V Joined: Apr 2004 Posts: 61,130 gone yep.

Re: Any 16 guage users. #794265 10/13/06 Joined: Mar 2006 Posts: 6 M MattyD New Member MattyD New Member M Joined: Mar 2006 Posts: 6 42 years young

Re: Any 16 guage users. #794266 10/14/06 Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 1,735 Swampman1 Campfire Regular Swampman1 Campfire Regular Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 1,735 I'd like to have a 16 gauge barrel for my NEF Pardner. "If what I say offends you, you should hear what I don't say."

Re: Any 16 guage users. #794267 10/15/06 Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 3,836 TallGrass, ND 41Keith Campfire Tracker 41Keith Campfire Tracker Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 3,836 TallGrass, ND Rick Bin, my uncle's old ribbed Sweet Sixteen was the most enjoyable shotgun I've ever taken afield. It was simply a joy to handle and shoot. For my uses, the 16 gauge is tops! Good intentions will always be pleaded for every assumption of authority. It is hardly too strong to say that the Constitution was made to guard the people against the dangers of good intentions. -- Daniel Webster

Re: Any 16 guage users. #794268 10/15/06 Joined: Jun 2003 Posts: 3,871 End of the Oregon Trail northcountry Campfire Tracker northcountry Campfire Tracker Joined: Jun 2003 Posts: 3,871 End of the Oregon Trail catnblast what part of Sask. do you hunt in. I flew over most of it 4 a year while traing with RCAF So. Sask. out of Winnipeg and No. Sask out of Cold Lake . Cheers NC don't judge until you have walked a mile in other persons' moccasins' SUM QUOD SUM........HOMINEM TE ESSE MEMENTO

Re: Any 16 guage users. #794269 10/18/06 Joined: Aug 2004 Posts: 6 Calgary, Alberta J Joelvca New Member Joelvca New Member J Joined: Aug 2004 Posts: 6 Calgary, Alberta I have one 16ga, a side-by-side. I don't find ammunition avaialbility an issue, because it's a flinter. It's a bit over 7 pounds, so I can feed it anything from 1/2oz of #8 for pests to 1-3/8oz of #2 Bismuth for geese. Love the versatility. Joel p.s. - I'm still working on steel loads - likely wind up with 1-1/4oz over 3-1/2 - 3-3/4dr. That's got some noticable recoil.

Re: Any 16 guage users. #794270 10/19/06 Joined: Sep 2004 Posts: 837 East Texas L ldorado Campfire Regular ldorado Campfire Regular L Joined: Sep 2004 Posts: 837 East Texas Any body have any experience with Polywads Vintager, 16ga, 2 1/2" shells? They're light, low pressure loads for old shotguns with 2 1/2" chambers.

Re: Any 16 guage users. #794271 10/20/06 Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 520 M Mike Armstrong Campfire Regular Mike Armstrong Campfire Regular M Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 520 Eldorado, if you ask this question over at the DoublegunsBBS forum on www.Gunshop.com, you will get a quick answer, I'm sure. Lots of short-chambered 16s in use by people who post there. Wait a bit; the forum was down for service when I tried earlier today.

Re: Any 16 guage users. #794272 10/21/06 Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 1,735 Swampman1 Campfire Regular Swampman1 Campfire Regular Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 1,735 An article that I read recently stated the short chamber really isn't a problem as far as pressure goes. The almost new NEF I just looked at had a 2 1/2" chamber. "If what I say offends you, you should hear what I don't say."

Re: Any 16 guage users. #794273 10/21/06 Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 2,572 docdb Campfire Regular docdb Campfire Regular Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 2,572 I'm 46 and have two, a model 12 and just picked up a beautiful Sweet Sixteen (spotless, round knob, vent rib, mod. choke). I haven't carried the A-5 afield yet, but a few rounds of Clays reminded me of my daddy's old A-5 12 gauge that he used for everything from squirrels to ducks.....I don't think he ever knew the choke). That action bring back good memories. I've never mastered the pump, but it's a cool vintage slider. Don

Re: Any 16 guage users. #794274 10/21/06 Joined: Oct 2002 Posts: 96,121 S Steelhead Campfire Oracle Steelhead Campfire Oracle S Joined: Oct 2002 Posts: 96,121 I very much need a 16 guage Model 12.. "Dear Lord, save me from Your followers"

Re: Any 16 guage users. #794275 10/21/06 Joined: Apr 2004 Posts: 61,130 gone V VAnimrod Campfire Kahuna VAnimrod Campfire Kahuna V Joined: Apr 2004 Posts: 61,130 gone Am thinking you need an A-5 Sweet Sixteen more... <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" /> Though the M-12 is never bad.

Re: Any 16 guage users. #794276 10/21/06 Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 1,735 Swampman1 Campfire Regular Swampman1 Campfire Regular Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 1,735 I went back and bought the 16. It has a 2 3/4" chamber. Sorry! "If what I say offends you, you should hear what I don't say."

Re: Any 16 guage users. #794277 10/27/06 Joined: Feb 2001 Posts: 101 Addison, NY P Pygmy Campfire Member Pygmy Campfire Member P Joined: Feb 2001 Posts: 101 Addison, NY I have a 1941 vintage M12 and a 1950 vintage Ithaca 37... Steelhead..If you're looking for a shooter M12 16 gauge, I know where there's one for $275 with a solid rib... Somebody put a POS trap style aftermarket buttstock on it, but if you bought it right and replaced the stock with a more proper one, it would make a nice shooter..

Re: Any 16 guage users. #794278 10/28/06 Joined: Mar 2003 Posts: 517 Central Texas Hill Country Chuckbuster Campfire Regular Chuckbuster Campfire Regular Joined: Mar 2003 Posts: 517 Central Texas Hill Country Had not thought of it that way Kid but I am a Mac Computer guy also... My LC Smith now wear's a custom fit straight grip English walnut by Wenig Custom Gunstocks. Made the trip a couple weeks ago with my Dad. Wonderful people at Wenig's. Great experience all around. Just gotta get busy with the finishing on it. Later KDK I have "CDO". It is just like "OCD" except the letters are in alphabetical order LIKE THEY SHOULD BE!

Re: Any 16 guage users. #794279 10/28/06 Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 926 Missouri Ozarks C carlos111 Campfire Regular carlos111 Campfire Regular C Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 926 Missouri Ozarks I don't shoot 16 ga anymore <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/blush.gif" alt="" /> but I have used Polywad Vintagers in 12 ga. Good, low recoil and low pressure loads. I also like Polywad's Doublewide shell. It is a low pressure load that is intended to give a pattern at least twice as wide as a non-spreader shell, and it does. I have a 12 ga that is bored .044 x .040, and the Doublewides turn it into a skeet gun. No. 8 shot only in the DW, but what else do you want for woods quail, woodcock, or ruffed grouse? An old dog don't run no trails, an old dog don't flush no quails, but he can still bury a bone.

Re: Any 16 guage users. #794280 11/03/06 Joined: Jul 2006 Posts: 12 Emerald Nebraska T TDF New Member TDF New Member T Joined: Jul 2006 Posts: 12 Emerald Nebraska 16 ga is my favorite, as well as my Dad's favorite. He's got a pair of SxS 16's. I'm alternating between a 60's era Ithaca 37 and a 20's era Browning A5, both in 16. Got a limit of pheasants here in NE late last year with the Ithaca, and nailed a rabbit late last year with the A5.

Re: Any 16 guage users. #794281 11/13/06 Joined: Jun 2004 Posts: 3,691 Southern Oregon Blacktail53 Campfire Tracker Blacktail53 Campfire Tracker Joined: Jun 2004 Posts: 3,691 Southern Oregon Here's mine and a big Rio tom I took with it last spring. Called him into about 25 yards and rolled him with a load of 6's. [img][image]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v282/Blacktail53/Allen06bigtom.jpg[/img][/image] It's an old Win 1897 made in 1900 and gifted to me by my late elk hunting mentor. BT53 "Where do they find young men like this?" Reporter Savidge, Iraq Elk, it's what's for dinner....

Re: Any 16 guage users. #794282 11/17/06 Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 3,206 T taxedtodeath Campfire Tracker taxedtodeath Campfire Tracker T Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 3,206 Other than browning, who makes a nice 16 gauge over and under? Anybody using one? <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif" alt="" />

Re: Any 16 guage users. #794283 11/17/06 Joined: Oct 2002 Posts: 96,121 S Steelhead Campfire Oracle Steelhead Campfire Oracle S Joined: Oct 2002 Posts: 96,121 Nice bird! Killed my first with a Winchester 97 about 17 years ago. "Dear Lord, save me from Your followers"

Re: Any 16 guage users. #794284 11/22/06 Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 1,643 Occupied California kevinh1157 Campfire Regular kevinh1157 Campfire Regular Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 1,643 Occupied California I use two 16 gauges, both inherited from my dad. One is a Model 12 full choke and the other is an A-5 also full choke. The A-5 fits me like it was custom made and I use it for pheasants, chukar and quail. Last Saturday I shot 8 pheasant, 9 chukar and 6 quail with it with one box of shells. These were club planted birds that held tight for my Brittany. If they were wild birds, I probably would have used three boxes and got half the birds. FYI - I am 49 years old. P.S. I missed a shot at a running jack rabbit and cut loose with three wiffs at a crow. Last edited by kevinh1157; 11/22/06. Kevin Haile