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Yeee Haww
Wonderful shotgun of distinction !!
Mike
USAF RET 1971-95 ![[Linked Image from jpgbox.com]](http://www.jpgbox.com/jpg/57865_80x60.jpg)
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Nice gun and that's an excellent upland choke combo.
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I use a 16 gauge for just about all of my upland and duck shooting. I got my first one, an Ithaca Model 37 while a teenager.
Personally, I think it is a niche gauge in the USA today. Historically, it was known as the Queen of the Uplands and in many ways it still is. As we all know, better loads in 20 gauge and lighter guns in 12 along with the availability and choices of ammunition in those gauges pretty much pushed the 16 aside.
Whenever a major manufacturer brings a new one out or reintroduces one like the Browning Citori or Remington 870 it brings renewed excitement but then it dies down again and they get dropped from the line.
We like it for the nostalgia, and we know how good it is. If the different Facebook pages devoted to the 16 gauge are any indicator, it will be around for awhile and many young shooters are discovering it too. I enjoy reading the posts of young people who have acquired a nice 16 either by purchase or pass down.
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I think I need a 16 gauge again. Sold my Evans hammer gun, but I still have ammo for it. I probably need to buy a gun just to shoot down that ammo.. 
_________ BrentD, (Professor - just for Stan) ![[Linked Image from i.imgur.com]](https://i.imgur.com/qclHjMQ.jpg)
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Feel free to help. I'm trolling GI this morning. A few nice French guns, including a Manufrance. So odd and streamlined. I like it, but those triggers in January, with gloves? I don't think so. And that safety issue. But tempting nonetheless.
_________ BrentD, (Professor - just for Stan)
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I have a nice little 16 bore British gun, great wood if a bit oily, nicely engraved. I still need to check it over a bit but it should make a fine field gun.Lloyd and co. 28" tubes.
Last edited by SKB; 09/09/20 09:37 AM.
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My theory on the 16 gauge popularity is the PURPLE hull..the combo of Red and Blue Mixed!  "Effect Of Colors: Blue Boosts Creativity, While Red Enhances Attention To Detail" https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090205142143.htm#:~:text=Red%20boosted%20performance%20on%20detail,under%20the%20red%20colour%20condition. Seriously, I can vividly remember each hunt and almost every shot after dropping in/extracting a pair of Federal Purple shells/hulls....good memories.. Is there perhaps a cognitive connection? 
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Steve,
It won't hurt to try to entice me. I'm not sure what I want but 2.75" chambers and at least a modified choke would be part of it. 28", pistol grip, light, I don't know. Tempt me.
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