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Got to be a sixteen gauge. My 'go to' gun, when all else fails.
D.
Life is too short to have a 'hate on' for so many things or people. Isn't it?
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Parker VHE 20ga 28" barrels. Others have come and gone but this one is loyal. I have had more expensive guns including SLE 16ga, Parker 28ga, Krieghoff 32 12ga, Remington 870 20ga and another exotic Continental 20ga but nothing has mated up with me as well on performance.
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I tend to prefer my 28's but I also like to give my 16's and 20's some exercise each season. I often bring guns of all three gauges to camp so I can just grab one for a three or four hour hunt. The gauge I grab tends to be more by whim than by a calculated reason. My 10's and 12's are reserved for turkey and waterfowl only, having a lot to do with 'carry weight.'
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A 16ga. in my model 1894 Remington.
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My favorite is a 16 GA #2 AyA. The gun weighs 6 lbs. 2 oz. and it has been fitted to my dimensions. 
Jim
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My favorite gauge in fact the only guns I hunt with any longer are 16 gauges. The 16s have served me well for the past 25 years taking all of the plains and most of the mountain bird species from Bob Whites to big Boomer Sage Grouse to the point that I have given away all of my 20s and only keep two 12s for sentimental reasons. As far as guns go my Savage era Sterlingworth Brush is my go to gun but when weather and the birds dictate I back them up with one of my 30 or 32 inch Sterlingworths.
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Wingshooter 16,
That wouldn't be a dog named Brillo, would it?
Nice kit, dog included.
To the OP, a twenty, most of the time.
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Brillo would be an apt sobriquet, and my hunting buddies claim she answers to "No bird!" more readily than her given name, Cocoa.
Mike
Last edited by wingshooter16; 08/14/15 02:01 PM. Reason: typo
Tolerance: the abolition of absolutes
Consistency is the currency of credibility
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My go to is my AYA #1 in 28 gauge.
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