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With modern technology 12ga doubles are getting lighter and lighter, has the 16ga seen its day only to drift off into obscurity? Aside from various collectible guns are they really worth it?
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The 16ga was king in my area when I was growing up. Now, rarely seen. I like mine and I like the way they all seem to balance and carry better than the 12ga versions of the same gun. "Goldilocks" guage. I think mine dispatch game as well as my 12's. Worth the price difference? Probably not...Geo
Obsolete? No!
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With modern technology 12ga doubles are getting lighter and lighter, has the 16ga seen its day only to drift off into obscurity? Aside from various collectible guns are they really worth it? I have more friends who take to the woods with the 16, now, than I did 40 years ago. Browning, among others, produces guns, and ammunition for the gauge. It handles an ounce of birdshot well, carries well, and is easier for women and children to warm up to than a lightweight 12. The only gauge I have any non toxic shot layed in for is 16, the result of a happy accident of someone disposing of his 16s, and selling off the ammunition for it. There is more than what a guns weighs. If all one does is hang around a trap or skeet field, you could come to believe the 16 is dead. But, if you are serious about chasing birds, a 16 still makes a lot of sense. Best, Ted
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What I WANT is a set of 16 gauge barrels for my Kreighoff K-32  Mike
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Not in my opinion. Custom pair of consecutively serialed 16 gauge Brownings I bought last year.  
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ob·so·lete
adjective
1.
no longer produced or used; out of date.
"the disposal of old and obsolete machinery"
synonyms: outdated, out of date, outmoded, old-fashioned, démodé, passé, out of fashion;
Nope. 16 ga. guns are still being produced, and used, and they're still making ammo. How could it be obsolete?
SRH
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I have a vault full of great 12 gauge game guns but these days find myself grabbing a sixteen when heading out the door on a real quail hunt. My bar none favorite is a lowly 16 DS Lefever with 26" barrels and a small frame. Not much to look at but carries great and is the most instinctive shooting gun I own. Load for real birds is always 1 oz of #7 at about 1175 fps. For clays I drop down to 7/8 oz of #8.
In my country the twenty probably outnumbers all the others put together and are sort of boring.
When an old man dies a library burns to the ground. (Old African proverb)
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It may be safe to say the 16 is a favourite of discriminating shooters. My SKB, Elsie, Parker and Sauer in 16 and 20 get most use in early season ducks, geese, grouse. The 12s only come out when it's challenging weather and shooting.
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When I take my Boss hammer gun with the 2'nd patent thumb lever opener I do not feel obsolete in any way shape or form. Light and deadly and a true joy to use. Have had several ask if it is for sale and the reply is always a firm no. It is a wonderful gun and by loading either lead or non toxic it performs nicely in the field or on the clays course.
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Hello King Brown
I am most interested in a (your) 16 gauge SKB.
Can you please provide more data and possibly pictures
Thank you
Mike
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