I am fortunate enuf to own (some inherited) 7 fine pre-1950 Model 12's-- including a 28 gauge skeet gun (1939)- NONE of them are in 16 gauge, and I doubt if I would ever buy one in that "bastard" gauge, as the late Paul A. Curtis sometimes called- neither fish nor fowl, I'll either shoot a 20 or a 12- std. or 3" Magnum. BUT- unlike the late Gene Hill, who owned a 16 gauge Greener, I don't hunt grouse or woodcock, nor quail nor doves- when I can't carry a field grade M12 12 gauge after pheasants in Nov.-- I'll stay home and learn chess or backgammon I guess. Oh, the Mom and Pop store has a limit of 3 boxes/shells purchased per day, honor system. RWTF.
