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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? The way I see it, the 12 can never be as svelte as a 16. I have many more 12s than 16s, but a 16 in the hand feels just about perfect for me personally. With a small framed 16 you can have a 20 gauge sized/weighted gun with a larger diameter bore. I say, what is not to like???
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If the 16 is yesterday’s news then so is the 20. The 12 can do it all. A #1 frame Parker 12 is a great gun and the light weight English guns are even better.
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Please dont get me wrong, my first gun was a 16ga model 12, loved that gun hands down. But who is selling them now, aside from Browning and unfortunately I'm not buying a matched pair in a handmade case these days, just curious, thats all!
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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? No.
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I have and use more 16 gauge guns than any other gauge. It's my favorite upland gauge. Prewar French and Brit 16 SXS guns are often lighter than many modern, postwar 20 gauge guns. I wish more folks would sell their "obsolete" 16s and flood the market. I stockpile factory and handload for it.
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ob·so·lete
adjective
adjective: obsolete
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no longer produced or used; out of date.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synonyms: outdated, out of date, outmoded, old-fashioned, démodé, passé, out of fashion;
Yes, the 16 gauge is obviously obsolete. Nobody makes guns or shells in 16 gauge anymore. Any shells you find are likely to be duds that won't fire. Anyone who has a 16 gauge double is in "double trouble", no pun intended, because we all know that doubles are pretty much obsolete too. The best thing to do is to sell them quick, for any offer you can get for them. If you hang on to them much longer, you will probably have to pay to have them disposed of.
A true sign of mental illness is any gun owner who would vote for an Anti-Gunner like Joe Biden.
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In five years and hundreds of days hunting only one day was spent with a gun other than a 16 and that was because it was my grandfather’s and thought it should get out in the woods again
Don’t have a 16 made since the 1920’s, but as others have noted the ammo and guns are still being made.
16 like SXS guns is a niche market and will continue to be such.
Yes this question in its variations pops up time to time, it remains amusing.
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Yes this question in its variations pops up time to time, it remains amusing. Very much so, I'm glad I asked!
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Your 16ga. Brownings are magnificent!! Thanks for sharing.
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Nope.
My sixteens will be around longer than my twelves, twenties or twentyeights....if it ever comes to it. But then mine are scaled framed.
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