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Per Elmer Keith on page 103 in his book Shotguns, Keith wrote, For either a man or women who wants a very fine upland gun that is light enough to carry all day and will regularly kill large birds like pheasant to 50 or 55 yard, we believe they look no further than 2 inch chambered 16 bore gun.
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RWTF, if we're gonna quote old gun writers, how about this one from Major Charles Askins: "For my own use, if I could own but one gun, that one would be a 16-bore, 6-3/4 pounds weight, 30 inch barrels, one barrel modified and the other full choke..." 16 gauge 1948 Winchester Model 21, 6.75 lbs, 30", Full/ Imp Mod 
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RWTF, if we're gonna quote old gun writers, how about this one from Major Charles Askins: "For my own use, if I could own but one gun, that one would be a 16-bore, 6-3/4 pounds weight, 30 inch barrels, one barrel modified and the other full choke..." 16 gauge 1948 Winchester Model 21, 6.75 lbs, 30", Full/ Imp Mod Well, there ya go!
The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits. - Albert Einstein
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Chuck Askins was a Major. Paul A. Curtis a Captain. RHIP-- so, I guess I should buy a 16 gauge M21- or M12???
"The field is the touchstone of the man"..
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Charles Askins was a Colonel...You should buy a Mossberg...
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Of all the gauges of the M-21, none look as proportional or as pleasing to my eye as does the 16 ga., splinter forend. Nice gun, Mr. Cash. Gil
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I have 7 16 gauge guns. 6 SxS and one M12 (To keep RWTF Happy).
They are all a pleasure to shoot and I have taken every kind of bird I hunt with one, from preserve quail to wild turkey and everything in between.
The world cries out for such: he is needed & needed badly- the man who can carry a message to Garcia
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I try and live my life not feeling jealousy, but I am jealous!!! what a gun! thanks for sharing....that 16 gauge model 21 is SWEET!
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As I recall the Senior Charles Askins was a Major, Charles the Jr was a Colonel. Jr once stated the only "Bad Advice" his father ever gave him was to use a 16ga double. That was when I lost virtually all faith in anything Jr had to say. Don't recall ever reading anything he wrote that changed my mind. This was one case in my opinion the chip fell a fur piece from the block.
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I Didn't Say Everything I Said, Yogi Berra
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Here's a 1936 Model 12, 16 gauge, Solid Rib Skeet for RATM. Original wood too!   
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