Shouldn't this forum have a picture thread ???

Let's see 'em !!!!

Dickinson Estate 16

Wow, can't come close to topping that. How do you like that Dickinson? Mine is a run of the mill Citori Lightning.

Liking the Dickinson, too !!! 👍👍

Just to clarify........ I didn't make the OP to JUST showcase beautiful or expensive guns. If it's 16 gauge, a picture of it belongs here !!! 😉

Not expensive. Turkish made Akus, sold by cablas when I got this one. Think i played $1300 because of some scratches. Refinished the stock.
As far as liking it? My favorite shotgun, even though the two Berettas might be better overall, this one just fits my eye. Shoot it well too.

Yoder, what are you doing sticking your head out of the .223AI thread? You should be ashamed of yourself...

Anyhoo about those 16 gauges:

Hey..................... I'm more than just a pretty face in the basement. I surfaced to troll you (and others) into posting up some 16 gauge porn. We're off to a slow..............yet quality, start. GORGEOUS scenery behind that classic 16 !!!!

Crappy pic of my early 50s 37.


Bottom pic is my unmarked German 16. Proofed in 1919



Works on wild roosters too.



And wild quail

Too lazy an d stupid to post pics.
Browning A5 Sweet 16 2 barrel set
Citori 16 original first year 1987 long tang,
Fox A Grade 16
Parker VHE straight stocked 16
AYA 4/53 special order 29 inch barrel
Ithaca 37 Superlight 16

You want some 16 gauge Porn, I got some. I'll let the pictures speak for themselves.

The first is a pair of consecutively serial numbered Browning Citori Gran Lightning O/U's done up in their Custom Shop DG5 engraving pattern. The engraver was a retired Browning Custom Shop engraver that had both guns new in the box in his inventory. I was in the process of buying one when he told me that he actually had two and that even the upgraded wood pretty much matched. I kind of lost my mind and told him I'd take em both. Someday I'll put my sons initials in the gold ovals and give them to them as heirlooms to have and then hopefully pass down to their sons.

STUNNING is the only word that comes close !!!!!!!!

Those are breathtaking !!!!

Have seen several of Romac’s pieces here and elsewhere. The man knows and owns wonderful firearms. Just scratching the surface. Wait until his Foxes emerge from the den!

Mine's just an old Ithaca, nothing to look at, but it was a dear friends that's no longer with us. The checkering is worn smooth and needs recut, but it's otherwise in good shape. Points nice.

Love to see it !!!

I'm gonna get around to posting up a couple pics of mine. They ain't sexy. But the cool factor of "been there.........done that" guns is WAY up the chart !!!!

This is one of my 16 gauge LC Smith's. The first picture is with a few woodcock last season.

Wow! That’s a beauty!!!

Here is a pair of restored Fox Sterlingworths.

One on the left is a 16 , the other is a 20. This is a great pair to travel with. Both guns are a shade over 6 pounds and point like wands.

Again.............Very nice !!!!

Curious as to how much of a restoration was done and who did the work ??

Both guns have had the case coloring redone and were re-blued.

The 20 was done by Doug Turnbull and the 16 was from Connecticut Shotgun. I did not commission the work though, but that is what I was told. In the case of the 20 by the owner who had it done, and I did buy the 16 from Connecticut Shotgun but they had done it up for a customer who decided to sell it.

I sold off most of a 25 year collection of military surplus weapons to start to accumulate some nice hunting guns a while back and although I do regret it some times I get more use out of the shotguns.

This is an "as new" upgraded 16 gauge Fox Sterlingworth to XE quality.



This is an original 16 gauge Fox XE circa 1929.




I've hunted with both these guns and had a blast with them. Last year I connected with a grouse in Vermont on the Canadian border with the upgrade XE and the memory is burned in my brain as one of the sweetest crossing shots in the open that I've ever made.

AWESOME GUNS, ALL !!!!

It's priceless when you can still go and make memories with them. I'm on the cusp of deciding to liquidate some rifles I've accumulated and buy some higher end shotguns. ............. I am 90% a bowhunter........and 10% a flintlock hunter. I like looking at my rifles. But that's about all I do.................look at them. There's virtually no upland hunting to be had here, anymore. Pheasants are put & take and my pointing dogs have been gone for over a decade. Grouse......which were THICK here 30 years ago.......... are now statistically extinct. But there's always sporting clays. Always wanted to try that.

1912 Charles Daly 16ga with 28" barrels weigh in at 5#7oz. My sweet little bird gun.

Wow !!!!!

Love the engraving. Very crisp for a gun approaching 110 years old. 👍👍

Wow!!

A nice Daly like that is on my bucket list. Just have never been in the right place at the right time with the right amount of $$$.

That is a beauty for sure, outstanding condition too!

Lindner?

Merkel box lock side plated post war gun.

Only two 16 gauges at my house.................and NOTHING like what's already been posted. But, thought it'd be neat to post my late father in law's 37 Featherlite on, this day, what would have been his 80th birthday.

6 1/4 lbs of pure, simple, carry-all-day, small game joy.



And then, my own post-war Winchester 21. 6 3/4 lbs of American cool.

Yes it is.

Alright here are mine

Auto 5’s






BPS Grade 3




525 Grade 3 sporting

1955 win M12 28" mod vr, b carved w/ custom inlays.

Model 12:









Parker:



Which has a 3inch chamber:

Battue...........you've been holding out on us! Where did you find a Parker with 3" chambers AND antique 3" 16 gauge shells? I'm gonna have to Google that one. Found a professionally refinished Parker Trojan not too far away. What are your thoughts on this as a first SXS gun for a newbie like me? Just started loading for the 16 and in a modern gun have you tried TSS yet? Good looking 4 legged buddy you got there.

Bartman.....

That Parker came from a friend of my Fathers by the name of Bardwell....he was an entusiastic Pheasant hunter and used to show the old reel movies of his Pheasant hunts in S.D. Wild Birds in numbers we can only imagine. I don't know what the limit was back then, but it must have been generous or none cared all that much.....That shotgun has killed a lot of Pheasants. The shells came with the shotgun when my Father bought it from him....There was also a hang tag that indicated 3inch chambers along with the pattern percentages of the barrels.... It has unfortunately crumbled apart years ago....I questioned the 3 inch chambers to those on the Parker Gun Collectors forum and it didn't cause them to get too excited. They knew about them, but said it did little for rarity....

My Father bought it from Mr Bardwell and used it during the good times of Pheasants here in Pa, and then it passed to me.

For some odd reason, I tend to use a gun with a Dog...That black Cocker was Toby and I used the Parker and the Model 12 with him mostly...those or a Model 59 if I was feeling evil..Toby passed two years ago and for the most part have used an Ithaca 37 28 Gauge with the new guy Merlot....Although, I'm thinking it is time to bring the SxS's back out.

A professionaly restored Trojan would be a better than good shotgun....And a lot better than most of what we see used today....It would make a great gun for a newbie or experienced SxS user....Have used 9 shot TSS in the 28Gauge....It's it no longer your Grandfathers 28 when one does so....


Addition: I have had Dukxdog's above posted 1912 Daly Lindner 16Gauge SxS in my hands.....Nothing posted here is it's equal for quality, balance and looks when it comes to a field shotgun....

Addition 2: Looks like back then you could also get a Winchester Model 21 in a 3 inch 16 gauge....

https://doublegunshop.com/forums/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=127864

Great forum on Parkers:

http://parkerguns.org/

Beautiful guns there battue... I remember Maj. Charles Askins writing about a 3” 16 ga.. No sure now the brand, but Ithaca was a favorite of his.. Nice stuff... But I don’t think I ever owned a 16 ga... That was my dream gun when I was 12 years old.. A model 12 16 ga. 28 “ mod. Choke.. I begged my parents for one for Christmas... No luck.. I is a wonder I never bought one as it was a favorite of two of my favorite writers, Maj. Askins and Elmer Keith... Enjoy!!!!!

Ithaca 16ga

I got the Ithaca at a great price because of the Polychoke.

Well, mine aren't real fancy, but do have a couple of Ithacas - a Model 37 and a much older SXS. The 37 is a King Ferry production gun from the 90's. Came with a 26" IC barrel (shown), also picked up a 28" with choke tubes. The SXS is a gun that my father had since the 50s, don't know enough about these to tell you what model it is or when made - can't make out the serial #. It's choked IC/MOD. Still haven't mastered getting the @#$% pics from the gallery to a post! HA - got it!

https://www.24hourcampfire.com/ubbthreads/gallery/80/medium/132133.jpg
https://www.24hourcampfire.com/ubbthreads/gallery/80/medium/132134.jpg

Any of you more knowledgeable folks want to take a stab at the model - is this SXS a Flues?

This one just showed up today....1930 Parker....28 inch....Mod/Mod....Miller trigger....

Dang, but that's a nice gun !!!

👍👍

Very nice Battue!! I would bet that you and Merlot just can't wait until the leaves turn orange. What kind of loads do you recommend in vintage shotguns? I have looked at the RST, what are your thoughts? I ask because one of these is going to show up at my house next week and as a new guy I need to know what to feed it.

Bart,

If the shotgun is in good shape and locks up strong, then I don't worry about it...My old Model 12's have taken everything and seem fine. Another old Parker the same. Nothing in the ultra high velocity range, but 1165 to the upper 1200 FPS in 1 ounce loads. If the lockup is good then I worry more about 80-90 year old wood that perhaps has become soft from being oil soaked. This most recent one will have the action to wood areas bedded. One of the things that should be done with the old SxS's, is have someone who knows how to work on them-knows being important, many or perhaps most don't- take them apart and give the insides a good cleaning and lubrication. If the lock-up is weak then this would also be the time to have them address that.

For Grouse and Woodcock I manly shoot the economy Winchester, Remington, Fiocchi 1 ounce shells. For Pheasant the better shells with hard shot. Would prefer 1ounce, but often 1 1/8 is what one most often finds.

Although your suggestion of the RST offerings, from what I have been told would be an excellent choice.

I've used RST shotshells extensively in 10, 12 and 16 gauge guns with dates of manufacture back to the 1880s. They are of superb quality, albeit a bit expensive compared to those found on the Wallyworld shelves. For antique shotguns or those with short chambers, you'll be hard pressed to find a better quality shell.

Have the same gun! Great gun I seldom use. Also have an AyA in 16ga I used to use a lot but not much anymore. Along the way I tried out a 28ga that I'd had for years and never shot now 28's are really about all I shoot. But that Mod 37 and AyA of mine you couldn't buy at any price!

We need some blue collar Americana


Remington 870 from the mid-50's (I restocked it).




Sears bolt action(583 something I think, probably made by H&R?)

OK, let us in on who made it?

In reality Totally Unknown.... It does have 'W Richards' on the side plate, but so do a LOT of old Belgian guns......... I doubt very much that 'Wesley' had anything to do with this piece....

It is a 16ga x 40-40 Maynard, near as I can tell, damascus, underlever, Lefaucheaux action, covered in Belgian proofs...

Age??? somewhere near turn of the last century....

Curious, for a 'cheap' gun, the stock has a really nice brass oval inlay, and it has 'cast-off'........ sure fits nice....

And shoots.............

My Sears & Roebucks "Ranger" which I believe is a Stevens 52? Down to my last 2 J.C. Higgins XTRA RANGE #6's. I've accounted for many pheasant, both pen and wild, with this. Still enjoy carrying it in the field. Used to have a very early Remington ADL Deluxe 16ga. that I foolishly surrendered for something else bright and shiny that I no longer even remember what it was! LOL! Oh well!

Niiice!!!!👍

My son with my sidelock BRNO.

Yup, Ithaca Flues.

Thanks. It's still looking pretty good for a 100 (+/-) yr old gun. Don't think it's been shot in over 30 yrs.

Beautiful 870 corncob 16. Been looking for one like that to go with my 12 and 20 gauge

Franchi Instinct SLX new last week


Stevens 311 c I restocked it in 2012

16 Gauge Parkers....

Wow, battue, that is class!!! Love em.. My great uncle shot a 16 ga. Parker..

Nice Parkers....... care to elaborate on the middle one? Looks like a higher grade.

The middle on is not an original but a Parker Reproduction by Winchester....

I previously have posted this article on them; they are good enough to be included into the fold by the Parker Gun Collectors Association.

https://shootingsportsman.com/parkerrepro/


The same as Connecticut Shotgun Manufacturing will make one a Fox or Model 21...

Fox D 16 gauge upgrade. 2 barrel set. 28" and 32".

Nice....Seems to be Fox are the current hot item when it comes to classic SxS's...

Beautiful custom VATurkey! Those case colors are really nice.

X2 !!!

CSMC makes some spectacular Fox reproduction shotguns...The prices are spectacular also....

I need one of these if anybody has one they are looking to move

Sorry. Can't seem to get pics to post in the threads.

Here's my 1930 edition of an A-5. Sent it back to Browning years back to get the internals piqued and tweaked as well as conversion to 2 3/4"

Also shown are some vintage 16 Ga shells that'll bring back memories for the old timers like me. Boxes have gotten a bit worn, but some have artwork that can still be appreciated,

https://www.24hourcampfire.com/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php/galleries/15317024/16-gauge#Post15317024

Here is my Thieme & Schlegelmilch Nimrod drilling. Was made in 1940 and has a 6.5x57R rifle barrel under the 16 barrels. I had the chokes opened up and use it for shooting grouse and woodcock over my Drahthaar. I have also manged to take two fall turkeys with it over the last few years.

Got a 16ga mod 37 just like that!

Can't seem to be able to post pics for some reason
Recently picked up a Stevens 5100. Other than a poorly done recoil pad it is Good condition for a gun built in 1952.
Will help keep my AYA out of the snow and rain.

L: 1936 M31 30" FULL
R: 1950 M870 28" FULL

Both very enjoyable to shoot.

Some very nice 16’s here!

😎

I've got three. One's a '55 Ithica mod 37 that resembles Tinmans. Then a first year post war Sauer drilling in 16/16 over 8x57JRS and the only one I have a pic of is a first year A. Francotte Knockabout. Super cool gun with really open chokes and a dream to carry at less than 5 1/2#s.

My 16ga inventory consist of a paltry '50s vintage 870 ADL De Lux, and an Ithaca 37 solid rib. Both are 28" bbls and heavily choked.

For the past few months I've been keeping and eye open for a 16ga O/U. One of the Browning Lightnings would be nice, but pretty scarce and spendy when they do appear. Don't know that I'm too keen on any of the 'euro models' (CZ, Franchi, Stevens)

Dickenson Plantation model 16. As seen, splinter forend, English stock, double triggers, and ejectors. About
6 lbs 10 oz, a bit heavy for my tastes, but performs well.

1953 Ithaca 16ga

I have three drillings with 16ga upper barrels and 6.5x58R Sauer, 7x57R and 9.3x72R rifle barrels.

Wilkes Drilling 16/16/6.5x58R


JP Sauer 16/16/7x57R


no pics of the 9.3x72R

I have a little French sxs, early 1900's that came off a French ocean liner that was used for clays off the fantail and was a nickel plated but very worn now and a Marlin Model 90 26" IC&M

My, oh MY, but that's got a purty handle on it !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The day before this Christmas Eve. A BRNO sidelock and a LeFever Nitro Special.

Dickinson Estate I purchased here on the 'fire just over a year ago. Pics aren't mine but from the original add in the classifieds...

Technically I had the 20 gauge barrels on it yesterday but I have a set of the 16 ga. This is one of the Parker repro's from the 80's. The 16 ga barrels were made after by Kreigoff by a gent in PA who contracted out for (IIRC) 500 sets. I was going to use them yesterday but I have more 20 ga than 16 ga shells.

Remington 870 in 16 , center of the first picture. 1954 16 gauge modified choke.
1948 Winchester model 12 in 16 , modified choke
1952 Winchester model 12 in 16 full choke

Nice pair . Still need a nice 31 myself

Model 12 16 Gauge 28" Full 1955.

Purchased from a Campfire member.

Classy

Here’s my Model 12

Very nice wood on that 12 !!!!

I've got a Mossy 500B. Will grab a pic in the morning. Not fancy by any stretch but not real common either.

Just picked her up

Sexy, congrats!

Arrieta 903, 7 pin sidelock, 16 Ga. S x S I snagged last year!

ya!

GWB

Man some beautiful 16s here!! Have a Remington 31 deluxe and an 11-48 along with a Fox sterlingworth - nothing special but they have accounted for a ton of game over the years!

Dan that’s a nice Merkel (?) - looks like it’d handle like a dream!

PennDog

The Repo 16 barrels were made by Krieghoff, at the request of Tom Skeuse. He owned Reagent Chemical and White Flyer Clay targets and was the man behind the Parker Reproductions. A flood at Reagent Chemical ruined many of the 16 gauge barrels, and relatively few ever made it into production. The barrels were fitted onto Parker Repro frames by Krieghoff at their facility in Ottsville, Pa. Although the article below says the barrels went to Krieghoff..Still, you rarely see a set for sale..

Another one...



Addition: CSMC made some 16 Gauge barrels for the reproduction. They had some fitting issues, and were not of the same quality as the Krieghoff barrels..

I've posted this previously....Your Parker Reproduction and 16 Gauge Krieghoff barrel story....

https://shootingsportsman.com/parkerrepro/

Thanks for reposting. I must have missed it the first time. Really a passion project and I'm glad to have one of the German sets.

Couple more I picked up a couple months ago. First off is a1939 unmarked Sweet with kind a rare barrel. What makes is rare is the vent rib and the 5 holes drilled in the barrel ring.









Second is one I’ve been after for awhile. I’ve always wanted a straight stocked Auto 5. The stock has been shortened but had an interesting spacer to get the correct LOP. The spacer is made of horn. The forearm is interesting too. I will be replacing it with an extra forearm I have.

I just bought this 1935 M12 16 with a poly choke off of a campfire member. The action locks up tight. the loss of bluing on the receiver is common for the nickel steel guns.

I posted a few minutes ago but I got a message that it was sent, but I don’t see it, so I’ll try again.

I asked about Winchester model 24. They are clunky looking, but does anyone use one? I was going to carry it in my ATV, for occasional grouse hunting. Are they worth having?

Francotte 45e 16ga 28" 6#2oz

Just got this in a few days ago.

37R Deluxe. Solid rib with modified choke.

Early post-war Sauer LUX 16/16/6.5X57R



Merkel 16/16/9.3X74R

Nice!

YES it is!

French Robust No 4 SXS


Top Gun: Simson 16 SXS



Triebel 16/16/8X57JR drilling W/Dural frame

11-58 Rem and Corn Cob 870



JC Higgins Bolt Action and SS Savage 220 (w/30-30 and 22 Hornet barrels)

Fortuna 16/16/7X57R drilling



Kreighoff Trumpf Dural drilling 16/16/7X65R


16/9.3X72R Guild Cape Gun

Finally got a pic of the third one this spring. I was at a double gun shoot and the rancher said if I called one in to kill it as it was harassing his cows. I didn't have any rifle ammo with me but found 3 BB hand loads and called it in to 44 yards.

2 1/2" 16ga/16ga/9.3x72R Killed it with and ounce of BB's

NICE!

One of that vintage in its excellent condition is not an easy find. I've killed as many deer with a 9,3X72R as with all my other rifle chamberings in combo guns. I had one for a long time, scoped with a Voightlander 2 3/4 in claws. I loved carrying it and the 9,3X72's mild recoil.

I covet this gun, erich.

Bruce

Well guess that explains why Rob didn't have it at the Duluth Double Gun shoot for the pump gun event this year LOL. Figured he would have asked me for first rights of refusal before he sold it. He really wanted it from me a couple years back and I finally let it go.

It is a 1959. Really like how it handled being a 26" solid rib it is one of the best handling guns I have ever shot. Regretted selling it the minute I did. Looks and sounds like it has a great home now though which pleases me :-)

Some REALLY nice guns in this thread!

I grew up with a 16 ga. Ithaca 37 and for my first 10 years or so killed everything with that gun, it was my only gun. So still have a fondness for the 16 and 37's.



37RVD had Briley install thinwalls and is my main clays gun for pump gun events. The 26" Field IC has likely taken more grouse than all my others guns combined.



King Ferry English Deluxe Ultralight 16

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F.A.I.R. made NEA 500 with 28" bbls for hunting and 30" for clays. The case colors are long gone





F.A.I.R. Iside basic model



And a few more LOL. Picked up a Tristar G2 Bronze last week and shot it at 5 stand Saturday. Changed out the shims on it and will shoot it at a different 5 stand tonight to see if I shoot it better. Have a new style A5 Sweet 16 but it was a tall drink of water in the grouse woods so had Briley cut it down to 23" and install thinwalls. Mark Larson changed out the steep radius grip to a round knob. Now it is a proper grouse gun.



Clays not so much.

Same old 37, new dove season

All 30" Barrels

Top to bottom: B. Rizzini, AyA, I. Rizzini

Very !!!!

Joe Cool factor is high !!!

Stunning gun !!!

Added this Citori Feather Superlight 16 ga. in January of this year. About 6 lbs on the nose — a true maiden’s wand from Browning (TIC). Nevertheless, I will tip my hat to them.

Wow, a lot of beautiful guns on here. Here is my recent intro to the 16ga, a Browning Citori 525. There is a small backstory to this gun. When I was about 12 years old, I'd go to the local Gander Mountain with my dad and we'd look at the guns. Back then, they were all out on racks where you could handle them. I remember that as soon as I saw the Browning 525's and shouldered one, I fell in love. But affording one was absolutely impossible. As the next 25 years passed, desire for an O/U never left me, but it was always a luxury I couldn't afford. One week, before a upcoming hunt in SD, I was taking interest in the 16 ga. It was fall of 2020, so the guns in stock at the local stores was all pretty much gone at this point. So I did an internet search for 16 ga shotguns just to see what was out there. In the first 5 minutes, I ran into this gun in stock at a Sportsman's in California. I wasn't aware that Browning had re-made the 525 recently and couldn't believe I was looking at the gun that started this 25 years of searching for an O/U. It was an opportunity I was determined not to miss again. Best part was, they shipped it immediately to a store in MM that was on my way to SD, so I got to hunt with it just days later. Had a great hunt, wish I'd have taken some pictures.

Edit: Apparently I don't know how to post pictures very well, not sure why its so small.

Sorry if this has already been answered because I haven't read through the whole topic yet.

But, Nope. That's a High Standard. I have the big brother to it, but it's not in nowhere that good condition. I need to get a new stock for mine. I have it frankensteined to where I can use it, but it needs a stock. It surprisingly is a really good patterning gun. I checked the choke with a set of calipers, and it would actually be an XXFull choke.

As for 16 gauge shotgun pic thread, I only have two. My first shotgun that my Dad gave to me when I was 13. It's a Steven mod 94. Best I can tell was made in 1977. I'm not sure what the gun book value is of the gun, but I wouldn't take a million dollars for that one. That gun and I have walked many miles in the decades since then and just the fact that Dad gave it to me, that one will stay with me the rest of my days here. Pretty sure that my Dad gave $65 for it.




The other, is a Western Field model with a bunch of made up numbers and letters that I can't recall xmh something or another I think, but it's a Noble model 60 with an adjustable vari-choke.




I'll be perfectly honest, I hate the adjustable choke with a passion and have found a couple of barrels for it that I may end up picking up that have fixed chokes. One a modified, and the other is a full choke. Still not sure yet, but the gun is still really tight considering it's a pre-68. It had so much plastic fouling in the barrel that I used a bronze brush hooked to my cordless drill to clean it all out when I first got it.

I paid a whopping $95 for that one simply because I wanted a pump 16.

My newest 16 ga, a Kreighoff Trumpf Primus Dural 16 & 7X57R drilling. It has a Zimmerman full length 22 Hornet insert.







Five of these are in 12ga; the rest are 16.

Dont know a damn thing about drilling. Husted to know why you scope them when 2 barrels are shotgun. Are you shooting slugs?

See that third barrel? I'm throwing 6,5 mm, 7 mm, and 8 mm bullets. The scopes dismount and re-mount back to zero. I hunt deer, chuckar, Huns, and grouse at the same time.

870 with Sureshot stock and an Eotech

Opening weekend was a bust. However the white-wing were there in abundance this week.



Arrieta 903 Sidelock, 16 gauge double!

It was a blast!


ya!

GWB

We only have the mourning dove here which opens on 9/1. I limited out (15) and was walking back to the truck by 8:30am. We hunt sunflower fields put out by the game department. The dove can’t resist them, always a good time with tons of birds.

My newest addition 1919 Type III FN Browning Auto 5

Just bought this one 2 weeks ago

Beautiful shotgun ROMAC and great picture of the Woodcock!

I grew up in Quebec and we hunted them over our English Setters, tight quarter shooting in that thick bush. Every time I bumped one out of cover that noise they make always made me jump. lol

Cheers ~

You're not alone. I look and sound more like a tap dancing screaming girl than a big guy with a gun sometimes and I'm not embarassed to admit it. LOL

But in order to keep with the picture thread, I have recently shortened my barrel and removed the external adjustable choke. I am in the process of going to thread it for internal chokes in order to improve how it shoots.

I have a few parts inbound that I'm going to modify to give it a ramped front sight. And I have determined how I'm going to be able to ream and tap the barrel to use a 20 ga cylinder choke (which is the same as a 16 gauge full. Further, I'm going to lathe out another 20 ga choke to make a modified choke for it since those are the main two chokes I want at this time.

It's going to take some work, but should be a good shooter by the time I'm finished.

yeppers, I think I left a couple of pairs of boots in the bush after jumping out of them over the years lol

Would love to show off my 16's, alas, the photo posting scheme here is demented.
Can't understand why the "powers that be" csn5 make posting photos much easier.

1904 - L.C. Smith
1932 - Rem "Sportsman"
1934 - Win M12
1952 - Win M12
1966 - Stevens M67D
None of them are fancy.
The poor old "Elsie", somebody before me used "mercury" primers and didn't clean it. Both barrels are pitted pretty badly and it's a bit loose in the breech. Family heirloom, it won't be going anywhere.
The Rem Sportsman has had Briley choke tube system installed.
The '34 M12 has been refinished and reblued. Still a great shooter.
The '52 M12 was rescued from a pawn shop in pretty rough shape. It's been returned to mechanical functionality but won't be reblued or refinished. It sports a Cutts Comp.
The Stevens is just a plain Jane, run of the mill. It was a present from my parents for my 16th birthday. It won't be going anywhere either!

Just before I married my wife, her uncle gifted me a few of his old hunting guns at our bridal shower. She got gifts and I got guns. One of those was his old Browning Sweet Sixteen. From the serial number it was manufactured in 1952.

Took some better pictures of my Type III A5.