Really ought to go back to my beginnings and get a single 16ga. Everyone says they are hard to shoot but I clealy remember getting more game with my single 16 than the rest of my hunting parties and it was so much easier to carry. I did learn early to keep my left hand well forward on the forend or on the barrel just forward of the forend to settle the swing down. So much more pleasant to carry too. I still shoot light weight guns better than anything in the 7lb + weights so I probably owe that to the early years with the single.
