Is anybody still shooting a 16 Ga. ?
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Is anybody still shooting a 16 Ga. ?
Just wondering, do you reload for it too?
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Re: Is anybody still shooting a 16 Ga. ?
I use a 16ga and I'm a member of 16 Gauge Society. I don't reload and my only 16 now is a Stevens 94 with 32" barrel.
The 16 Gauge Society has a reloading forum..
The 16 Gauge Society has a reloading forum..
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Re: Is anybody still shooting a 16 Ga. ?
I certainly do. It is one of my favorite guns. I reload it with varying amounts of blackpowder, fiber wads and lead.
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Re: Is anybody still shooting a 16 Ga. ?
Yes. I have 3: a Hammer Drilling in 16x16/9.3x72R, a Damascus Hammer Double and a Western Auto Bolt gun.
I shoot the Drilling & the Western Auto with shells made by Poly Wad since they are one of the few purveyors of 2-1/2" low pressure shells.
I have the tools to reload, particularly in Brass Hulls, but I still have a pile of OEM handy.
Oh, and I am(?)/have also been a member of the 16ga Society... just haven't done much with it in the past 3-4 years.
I shoot the Drilling & the Western Auto with shells made by Poly Wad since they are one of the few purveyors of 2-1/2" low pressure shells.
I have the tools to reload, particularly in Brass Hulls, but I still have a pile of OEM handy.
Oh, and I am(?)/have also been a member of the 16ga Society... just haven't done much with it in the past 3-4 years.
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Re: Is anybody still shooting a 16 Ga. ?
I have an A5 (unfortunately with one of those C-Lect chokes with compensator that were so popular in the 50's) and one of the Brazilian SXS's along with a MEC loader. I've shot quite a bit of skeet with both and usually take one or the other for pheasants as I have an awesome stash of suitable hunting shells. Also had some bismuth shells for a while and used the SXS for early season wood duck hunting:
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Re: Is anybody still shooting a 16 Ga. ?
I have a SXS 16 but dont shoot it much...and i dont reload for it either...
right now it is not cost effective to reload for 12, 16, or 20....besides
ya cant find any powder..and shot is $45 per 25/lb bag...
right now it is not cost effective to reload for 12, 16, or 20....besides
ya cant find any powder..and shot is $45 per 25/lb bag...
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Re: Is anybody still shooting a 16 Ga. ?
NiceBrentD wrote:I certainly do. It is one of my favorite guns. I reload it with varying amounts of blackpowder, fiber wads and lead.
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Re: Is anybody still shooting a 16 Ga. ?
I only have my grandfather's old 16 ga Columbia single shot (don't shoot it anymore...I'm too old to be invincible) and a recently acquired 16 ga Rem 870 Wingmaster that I bought to match my 12 ga, both circa 1965. I've had doubles and Model 12s. I love a 16. I have managed to stockpile ~50 boxes of shells, so unless I take up skeet or trap, I won't need to learn to reload shotguns for a while.
Come to think of it, I have 3 boxes of clays and a thrower in the shop I've never used.....Better fix that
If you decide to reload the 16, holler I think I have a bag of wads I'll send you.
Come to think of it, I have 3 boxes of clays and a thrower in the shop I've never used.....Better fix that
If you decide to reload the 16, holler I think I have a bag of wads I'll send you.
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Re: Is anybody still shooting a 16 Ga. ?
I know in the last 10 years manufacturers have come back out with more 16's in response to demand, so there 'are' 16 ga shooters out there. Maybe not as many as once, but they do exist.
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Re: Is anybody still shooting a 16 Ga. ?
Another 16 Ga. Society member. I have two: my father's old Winchester M37 single-shot that he bought new for $9 about 1939, and a Model 97 made in about 1908. Just got a MEC loader set up to load 2 1/2-inch shells for the 97.
Brent, that's a lovely double, and so is your hunting partner.
Brent, that's a lovely double, and so is your hunting partner.
Re: Is anybody still shooting a 16 Ga. ?
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My fave was a SxS - an L.C.Smith featherweight 16 ("FW" serial number prefix), that looked/handled like a 20ga due to the scaled-down frame.
I never reloaded for it, because it came with a huge brown paper shopping bag chock full of 2-9/16" paper cartridges (the gun was short-chambered, pre-1926) - which was more than enough to last for years of hunting.
Since I prefer my guns to be as light as possible as I age, I recently replaced it with an even lighter SxS - a 28ga Ithaca Flues Model 1-S (special), which requires low-powered RST ammo due to it's internally-skeletonized lightweight frame & it's age (DOB=1911).
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My fave was a SxS - an L.C.Smith featherweight 16 ("FW" serial number prefix), that looked/handled like a 20ga due to the scaled-down frame.
I never reloaded for it, because it came with a huge brown paper shopping bag chock full of 2-9/16" paper cartridges (the gun was short-chambered, pre-1926) - which was more than enough to last for years of hunting.
Since I prefer my guns to be as light as possible as I age, I recently replaced it with an even lighter SxS - a 28ga Ithaca Flues Model 1-S (special), which requires low-powered RST ammo due to it's internally-skeletonized lightweight frame & it's age (DOB=1911).
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Re: Is anybody still shooting a 16 Ga. ?
That's a very nice Smith there. Very nice.
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Re: Is anybody still shooting a 16 Ga. ?
Old Shatterhand, our friend from Sweden is also a member of The 16 Gauge Society.
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Re: Is anybody still shooting a 16 Ga. ?
I'm also a member of the 16 Gauge Society. I have an Ithaca Mdl. 37 pump. It was full choke with a 28" barrel
which was too tight for most uses so I had it opened up to modified. For the last few years it has been my primary upland bird gun. Mostly used for Ruffed & Blue grouse plus occasionally for Chukars and Huns (the birds). I do reload for it. I use a Lee outfit...works for me. Use 6 and 7 1/2 shot. Use it also for informal trap shoots.
Some years back I hunted mostly waterfowl and pheasants using a Remington 870 3" Mag. I had to send it to a Remington registered repair person. In the meantime I purchased the Ithaca and used it one season for everything., from geese to quail. I find the 16 gauge to be a great shotgun.
which was too tight for most uses so I had it opened up to modified. For the last few years it has been my primary upland bird gun. Mostly used for Ruffed & Blue grouse plus occasionally for Chukars and Huns (the birds). I do reload for it. I use a Lee outfit...works for me. Use 6 and 7 1/2 shot. Use it also for informal trap shoots.
Some years back I hunted mostly waterfowl and pheasants using a Remington 870 3" Mag. I had to send it to a Remington registered repair person. In the meantime I purchased the Ithaca and used it one season for everything., from geese to quail. I find the 16 gauge to be a great shotgun.
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Re: Is anybody still shooting a 16 Ga. ?
The old adage, "hits like a 12, carries like a 20" doesn't seem all that far fetched to me. I sure like what mine does on pheasants.
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Re: Is anybody still shooting a 16 Ga. ?
Jack O'Connor called the 16 the "queen of the uplands." I can't disagree.
Re: Is anybody still shooting a 16 Ga. ?
2 sxs's an old Parker Trojan with 2.5" chambers, a Win 24
2 Sweet 16's
and a Citori 16ga
Load with MEC jr. and handload roll crimp.
Mostly load short hulls, use them in all above. Same load as a 2.75 but in a roll crimped short hull
2 Sweet 16's
and a Citori 16ga
Load with MEC jr. and handload roll crimp.
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Re: Is anybody still shooting a 16 Ga. ?
A lot of truth in that statement.BrentD wrote:The old adage, "hits like a 12, carries like a 20" doesn't seem all that far fetched to me. I sure like what mine does on pheasants.
I love my little 5.13 lb. Parker VH 16 GA.
Re: Is anybody still shooting a 16 Ga. ?
I'm not a big fan of Parkers, but that one could change my mind I think.
Re: Is anybody still shooting a 16 Ga. ?
Yes to both questions. 1958 Sweet Sixteen, a several year old 870 Wingmaster, and my dad's old Cresent Arms single shot. The later is the first shotgun I ever shot. I hunted with it for a few years until Dad passed down his JC Higgins 12 ga pump to me. To darn hard to find ammo so I reload
Re: Is anybody still shooting a 16 Ga. ?
Be careful Brent,BrentD wrote:I'm not a big fan of Parkers, but that one could change my mind I think.
Parker girls are addictive.
Re: Is anybody still shooting a 16 Ga. ?
Obviousely you were dropped on your head as a childBrentD wrote:I'm not a big fan of Parkers
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Re: Is anybody still shooting a 16 Ga. ?
There are only four REAL gauges the 8 gauge , the 10 gauge , the 16 gauge and the 28 gauge . Everything else pales in comparison !
AH Fox A grade 16 gauge circa 1930 and a Parker GH 16 gauge damascus circa 1910 .
Also have an old pre 1942 H&R 16 gauge single barrel , a Remington Model 48 16 gauge with a Cutts on the barrel , a Kettner side by side pre war 16 gauge . A Kettner 16,16 10.75x65R Collath drilling , a Kerner 16-16-7x57R drilling a guild 16-16-8x57R drilling .
And yes I reload for them !
Last years dove shoot from the second saturday .
Used the AH Fox 16 and a Browning Superposed 20 .
A late december dove hunt from a couple years ago . My 1881 W&C Scott 10 gauge and the Kettner 16 gauge .
AH Fox A grade 16 gauge circa 1930 and a Parker GH 16 gauge damascus circa 1910 .
Also have an old pre 1942 H&R 16 gauge single barrel , a Remington Model 48 16 gauge with a Cutts on the barrel , a Kettner side by side pre war 16 gauge . A Kettner 16,16 10.75x65R Collath drilling , a Kerner 16-16-7x57R drilling a guild 16-16-8x57R drilling .
And yes I reload for them !
Last years dove shoot from the second saturday .
Used the AH Fox 16 and a Browning Superposed 20 .
A late december dove hunt from a couple years ago . My 1881 W&C Scott 10 gauge and the Kettner 16 gauge .
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Reread he has a Ithaca Flues pictured not a Smith .BrentD wrote:That's a very nice Smith there. Very nice.
FWIW , Smith's have sideplates/locks . Depending on who you're lsitening to some say sidelock and some say sideplate . I don't give an F which it is I enjoy the three I have .
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Re: Is anybody still shooting a 16 Ga. ?
No, not really. I ran into light, beautifully balanced and configured english double guns first and everything else looks so downhill from there.6pt-sika wrote:Obviousely you were dropped on your head as a childBrentD wrote:I'm not a big fan of Parkers
For some reason, I have a strong preference for English double shotguns and American singleshot rifles. Just what works for me.
Re: Is anybody still shooting a 16 Ga. ?
well, not surprised that I got it wrong. What I would really like to see are a few LeFevers. That is the one American shotgun maker that intrigues me the most. And I could use a good 20 gauge (esp. with hammers).6pt-sika wrote:Reread he has a Ithaca Flues pictured not a Smith .BrentD wrote:That's a very nice Smith there. Very nice.
Re: Is anybody still shooting a 16 Ga. ?
For those who never really liked Parkers !
Top is a Parker VHE 12 gauge , next down is a Utica Fox Sterlingworth 12 gauge next down is a Parker VH 12 gauge and the one on the bottom is an Ithaca Minier 12 gauge .
Sorry they're not 16's but folks that say they never really cared for Parkers bring out the worst in me
Top is a Parker VHE 12 gauge , next down is a Utica Fox Sterlingworth 12 gauge next down is a Parker VH 12 gauge and the one on the bottom is an Ithaca Minier 12 gauge .
Sorry they're not 16's but folks that say they never really cared for Parkers bring out the worst in me
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Re: Is anybody still shooting a 16 Ga. ?
If that's all it takes to get a good gunshow going - so be it: Parkers are big, overbuilt, heavy, clunkers
That should keep you going for a while:
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That should keep you going for a while:
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Dang, I hate this 1000 pixel limitation....
Re: Is anybody still shooting a 16 Ga. ?
Obviousely you've never shot a nice little 16 , 20 , 28 or 410 Parker .BrentD wrote:If that's all it takes to get a good gunshow going - so be it: Parkers are big, overbuilt, heavy, clunkers
Or for that matter a lighter framed Parker 10 gauge !
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Re: Is anybody still shooting a 16 Ga. ?
Oh, you might be surprised. Have you shot an Evans, for example? Or a nice mid to upper level Greener, or even a Cashmore meat gun?6pt-sika wrote:Obviously, you've never shot a nice little 16 , 20 , 28 or 410 Parker .BrentD wrote:If that's all it takes to get a good gunshow going - so be it: Parkers are big, overbuilt, heavy, clunkers
Or for that matter a lighter framed Parker 10 gauge !
We all have our favorites and our fancies.
anyone have a nice Darne 20 gauge or a Greener hammer gun in the same?
Re: Is anybody still shooting a 16 Ga. ?
The first double I ever owned and still do for that matter is a WW Greener 12 gauge boxlock with the somewhat more rare tang safety . This is a midgrade gun with the Miller b...a...s...t...a...r...d single trigger .BrentD wrote:No, not really. I ran into light, beautifully balanced and configured english double guns first and everything else looks so downhill from there.6pt-sika wrote:Obviousely you were dropped on your head as a childBrentD wrote:I'm not a big fan of Parkers
For some reason, I have a strong preference for English double shotguns and American singleshot rifles. Just what works for me.
Also happen to have three W&C Scott guns . My grandfathers old circa 1881 10 gauge with back action locks . A 12 gauge with actual sideloacks and a petite little 20 gauge again with back action locks . The 12 and 20 were made around 1890 . Sad to say there was a 16 gauge with the 12 and 20 before we bought them 30+ years ago but the 16 was sold before we knew about them .
Oh the last english gun I have is a rather well used Westley Richards boxlock 12 gauge . Again a midgrade gun for a WR boxlock .
So then I as well have had and still have english guns , however other then my grandfathers old 10 gauge I prefer the Parker/Fox/LC Smith over the english stuff . I even stooped so low as to have a pair of Pre War Darne's in 12 and 20 gauge . While being light and lively little guns the 20 gauge however weighed about 5 1/2 pounds and would beat the veritable life out of you on a skeet or sporting clays course . Those two have since gone down the road , and with my current attitude towards the frech it's just as well .
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Well, to each his own then. I won't be driving Parker prices up for you.
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We had a very nice Lefever F grade live pigeon gun in the shop for sale about a year and a half ago . Nice english straight grip stock and actually for a gun that age very little drop . Sold it to a friend . He's used it in a couple live pigeon shoots recently .BrentD wrote:well, not surprised that I got it wrong. What I would really like to see are a few LeFevers. That is the one American shotgun maker that intrigues me the most. And I could use a good 20 gauge (esp. with hammers).6pt-sika wrote:Reread he has a Ithaca Flues pictured not a Smith .BrentD wrote:That's a very nice Smith there. Very nice.
That was the ONLY Lefever live pigeon gun I've ever had in my hands . Kinda wish I'd bought it now
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Quite frankly with the present state of affairs in this country it may not be to many years before I become formerly of Virginia blah blah and now of the Philippines !BrentD wrote:Well, to each his own then. I won't be driving Parker prices up for you.
don't hate on the French too much. We'd be brits w/o 'em
Of course I need to decide on a trustworthy friend to leave most of my fire power with
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I never "started"... so I'm not "still"!
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Re: Is anybody still shooting a 16 Ga. ?
+16pt-sika wrote:Obviousely you've never shot a nice little 16 , 20 , 28 or 410 Parker .BrentD wrote:If that's all it takes to get a good gunshow going - so be it: Parkers are big, overbuilt, heavy, clunkers
Or for that matter a lighter framed Parker 10 gauge !
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Being as this thread has become a Parkers v the rest, I'd just like to say that when I worked for Westley Richards I handled and shot some of the finest British shotguns ever made but my favorite shotgun was always "The Parker".
It broke my heart to cut down and resleeve beautiful Damascus barreled Parkers that had been sent over by their American owners.
It broke my heart to cut down and resleeve beautiful Damascus barreled Parkers that had been sent over by their American owners.
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Re: Is anybody still shooting a 16 Ga. ?
Wow! I can only imagine the pain in having to do thatgame keeper wrote:Being as this thread has become a Parkers v the rest, I'd just like to say that when I worked for Westley Richards I handled and shot some of the finest British shotguns ever made but my favorite shotgun was always "The Parker".
It broke my heart to cut down and resleeve beautiful Damascus barreled Parkers that had been sent over by their American owners.
The dreaded exploding Damascus barrel disease.
Re: Is anybody still shooting a 16 Ga. ?
I only shot a 16 gauge once. My Uncle Jim had a Browning Sweet 16 Auto 5, and it kicked like a mule. I value my shoulder enough that I will stick with 12 gauge or 20 gauge. One shooting session, 5 shots, of 3 1/2 inch magnum 12 gauge, felt almost as painful as 1 shot from that 16 gauge 2 3/4 did.
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Re: Is anybody still shooting a 16 Ga. ?
I've got an LC Smith Field Grade 12 gauge that has sleaved Westley Richards barrels .game keeper wrote:Being as this thread has become a Parkers v the rest, I'd just like to say that when I worked for Westley Richards I handled and shot some of the finest British shotguns ever made but my favorite shotgun was always "The Parker".
It broke my heart to cut down and resleeve beautiful Damascus barreled Parkers that had been sent over by their American owners.
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Re: Is anybody still shooting a 16 Ga. ?
Sure , not a problem .casastahle wrote:+16pt-sika wrote:Obviousely you've never shot a nice little 16 , 20 , 28 or 410 Parker .BrentD wrote:If that's all it takes to get a good gunshow going - so be it: Parkers are big, overbuilt, heavy, clunkers
Or for that matter a lighter framed Parker 10 gauge !
6pt-sitka is it okay to high Jack your awesome pictures and post
them in the SxS Facebook group
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I do not remember resleeving an LC Smith but it was a long long time ago, if it looks good then I did it, if not, it must be someone else's work....6pt-sika wrote:I've got an LC Smith Field Grade 12 gauge that has sleaved Westley Richards barrels .game keeper wrote:Being as this thread has become a Parkers v the rest, I'd just like to say that when I worked for Westley Richards I handled and shot some of the finest British shotguns ever made but my favorite shotgun was always "The Parker".
It broke my heart to cut down and resleeve beautiful Damascus barreled Parkers that had been sent over by their American owners.
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Back in the sixties that's all I read in American gun magazines, never never fire a shotgun with Damascus barrels unless using black powder shells.....casastahle wrote:Wow! I can only imagine the pain in having to do thatgame keeper wrote:Being as this thread has become a Parkers v the rest, I'd just like to say that when I worked for Westley Richards I handled and shot some of the finest British shotguns ever made but my favorite shotgun was always "The Parker".
It broke my heart to cut down and resleeve beautiful Damascus barreled Parkers that had been sent over by their American owners.
The dreaded exploding Damascus barrel disease.
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Re: Is anybody still shooting a 16 Ga. ?
I shoot a 1948 Winchester Model 12 in 16ga and a 1947 LC Smith Field in 16ga. The Winchester is in pieces right now for a total re-finish...I am sending the metal to Simmons for a solid rib and re-blue and I am refinishing the wood. This project has been a long time in the works and I am getting closer to the completed product a 16ga upland gun.
I do re-load for the 16 on a PW 375C single stage. I don't shoot the 16 at clays much, they are hunting guns so I have no problem keeping up for my needs with a single stage press.
I do re-load for the 16 on a PW 375C single stage. I don't shoot the 16 at clays much, they are hunting guns so I have no problem keeping up for my needs with a single stage press.
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Re: Is anybody still shooting a 16 Ga. ?
We bought the gun as it is now about 35 years ago and a dare say the fellow we got it from most likely had it done as much as 20 years before we got it . So i would say this gun was sleaved in the 40's to 60's .game keeper wrote:I do not remember resleeving an LC Smith but it was a long long time ago, if it looks good then I did it, if not, it must be someone else's work....6pt-sika wrote:I've got an LC Smith Field Grade 12 gauge that has sleaved Westley Richards barrels .game keeper wrote:Being as this thread has become a Parkers v the rest, I'd just like to say that when I worked for Westley Richards I handled and shot some of the finest British shotguns ever made but my favorite shotgun was always "The Parker".
It broke my heart to cut down and resleeve beautiful Damascus barreled Parkers that had been sent over by their American owners.
The fellow who owned this Smith also owned the LC Smith 12 gauge Ideal I have and the Ithaca NID 10 gauge that I killed a deer with this past season. He was a local farmer who's family had some money back in the day and he seemed to be somewhat of a gun nut per say . As he had many guns when we bought the three shotguns . He also had a number of rifles , two of which I got and have since sent down the road . One was a 03 Springfield he had rebarreled with a Winchester Model 70 30-06 bull barrel . Gun shot wonderfully but at the time the 06 didn't intrest me , funny how some things never change ! We also got a HB Sako also in 06 with a McGowan stainless barrel . As you may expect that one didn't intrest me either , but at the time we got them for what I thought were excellent prices .
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Gamekeeper , the LC Field Grade with the sleaved barrels is one heck of a shooter it's choked light IC or skeet . I've shot some excellent rounds in skeet with it both with mounted gun and with low gun . The gun however was broken at the wrist long before we bought it and "The Farmer" appears to have used popsicle sticks and copper wire to repair the break and then shellacqued over the whole mess . It certainly isn't a thing of beauty from the wrist back but it somehow seems to shoot nicely when I've had it in my hands .
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Re: Is anybody still shooting a 16 Ga. ?
About 25 years ago I picked up a rather nice Winchester Model 12 16 gauge circa 1938 . The gun was field grade with the tootsie roll forend had 28" full choke barrel with a solid rib . This was back when I shot ALOT of skeet and trap . It was great fun to go out on practice nights during the week with others and shoot a straight round on 16 yard trap and then shoot a straight round on skeet . With skeet it was pretty straight forward you either obliterated the bird or missed , there were ni chips and pieces with that gun .Bloodhound wrote:I shoot a 1948 Winchester Model 12 in 16ga and a 1947 LC Smith Field in 16ga. The Winchester is in pieces right now for a total re-finish...I am sending the metal to Simmons for a solid rib and re-blue and I am refinishing the wood. This project has been a long time in the works and I am getting closer to the completed product a 16ga upland gun.
I do re-load for the 16 on a PW 375C single stage. I don't shoot the 16 at clays much, they are hunting guns so I have no problem keeping up for my needs with a single stage press.
Back then I was also a PW reloader person and had a 375 with two heads , one for 16 gauge and the other for 10 gauge . Wish I had that loader back now with set ups for 2 7/8" 10 gauge as well as 12 , 16 and 20 gauge dies .
Parkers , Mannlicher Schoenauer’s , 6.5mm's and my family in the Philippines !
Re: Is anybody still shooting a 16 Ga. ?
I had a Browning Standard A5 16 gauge for awhile with a polychoke on the end . I never thought it kicked that much . I sold and old departed friend a very very nice Sweet 16 that was made in the mid 60's about two years ago and he loved it .piller wrote:I only shot a 16 gauge once. My Uncle Jim had a Browning Sweet 16 Auto 5, and it kicked like a mule. I value my shoulder enough that I will stick with 12 gauge or 20 gauge. One shooting session, 5 shots, of 3 1/2 inch magnum 12 gauge, felt almost as painful as 1 shot from that 16 gauge 2 3/4 did.
Parkers , Mannlicher Schoenauer’s , 6.5mm's and my family in the Philippines !