For Fans Of The 16 Gauge

[Mr VJP]

If you are a fan of the 16 gauge, as I am, you may enjoy this info.

 

http://www.16ga.com/history.html

 

[Pygmy]

Thanks...I currently own only one 16 gauge gun, a Winchester M12, but I have owned several over the years...My first 2 shotguns were in 16 gauge, an Eastern Arms Co. single barrel and a Rem 11-48...

With the 16 gauge, I killed my first grouse, my first pheasant, my first woodcock, my first wild duck (drake woodie) and my first fox..

My first rabbit, squirrel and crow were shot with a .22, but my first SHOTGUN taken game of these species were also shot with a 16 gauge..

I agree it is an ideal upland game gun, and was also a great duck gun back when you could use lead shot...

You only need one load for it...One ounce of #6 shot.....

[ATbuckhunter]

Nice read. I would love to have a 16 ga SxS one day.

[ants]

A guy I know still hunts deer with the same Ithaca 16ga. that his father used and gave to him when we were teenagers. I have shot it a few times. It has a peep sight and is crazy accurate out to 75-80 yards or so. 

I have been trying to buy to off him, since we are in high school but he will never sell it.

[Two Track]

We have 3-4 16 gauges in the extended family - SxS and a semi-auto.

 

Used for squirrel, rabbit, pheasant, duck, goose and deer. Although no duck or goose hunting for the past 20 years in the family.

 

#6's and rifled slugs for the most part.  I do have some other shot sizes, but it mostly goes through #6's like Pygmy said.

 

I currently use one that my great uncle had - pre-WWII.  Slugs still pass through deer at 60 yards.

[Culvercreek hunt club]

I have a Remington 11-48  in 16. It has a poly type factory choke. wonderful little small game gun and very useful for deer when they are standing around a corner from you. Just aim straight ahead and it is capable of 89 degree turns with the slug...lol

[wolc123]

The 16 is my favorite gauge also.  I have killed all of my grouse with them. The first with my Ithaca 37 pump with a "modified" barrell, and the most with my Stevens side-by-side double with I/C and modified chokes (both inherited from my granddad).   My best grouse hunt was a two for two hunt with my Dad's Browning "sweet-16" auto.   That gun handles better than any shotgun I have tried.  I also used the 37 Ithaca (after mounting a scope on it) to take my first and later my largest racked buck.  More than 30 years since the first, I still like to hunt deer with that gun when shots are expected to be under 75 yards.  I killed a fine buck with it, from a 10 yard range, just 3 years ago.  That "deerslayer" barrel has never let me down.          

[bowslinger]

i have a mossborg pump 16 ga a sxs savage 16 ic mod and a sweet 16 with a poly choke that sweet 16 was a farm gun blueing and finish is about gone but still shoots

[Jaeger]

My 16 ga is a Winchester 24 with modified/improved chokes.  The 24' are inexpensive field guns but a little bulky.

 

I hope to get an original A-5 in 16 someday.