The 16 gauge always has a soft spot in my heart. The first gun I ever hunted with was an old Stevens SxS with 26"barrels. My father still has it at the farm back home. My 2 16 gauge guns are an L C Smith featherweight field grade with 28" barrels and a VH Parker with 30" barrels. Both guns are choked full/full. Although I would have preferred they had more open chokes, I have restrained from opening up the chokes so far. Below is the pic of the VH Parker cleaned up and barrels re-blued by Brad Bachelder (case color is original). BillK
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