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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.
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I did all of my Early shotgunning with an OLD Single Barrel 12 ga.Cannonbreech. I would borrow it from an old colored man that worked for my grandad. Everytime that I shot it with one of those brown paper Shurshots the forend snapped off. I soon learned to borrow some electical tape and wrap it before I went on one of my expeditions.
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My first shotgun, other than a shared .410 was a Christmas present from dad about 1951--a Winchester M37 20 gauge. My goodness that gun took a lot of game in those days. Flying 'er running.....didn't make much difference back then. They are great guns. Memories....
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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. My first store bought shotgun was a 12 gauge Winchester M37. The first time I ever fired it I brought down a pheasant. Other than a home-made 12 gauge I made and fired a few times back in the 6th grade, that was the first time I'd ever fired a shotgun. Like you Jerry, I suppose that's one reason why I like light weight shotguns so much. Steve
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My first shotgun, other than a shared .420 was a Christmas present from dad about 1951--a Winchester M37 20 gauge. My goodness that gun took a lot of game in those days. Flying 'er running.....didn't make much difference back then. They are great guns. Memories.... My first shotgun, that I owned, not borrowed, was a birthday gift from my dad in about 1954, a new Winchester M37 16 gauge.....wow, the memories......I can still hear that special sound it made when cocking the hammer, and I remember the special smell of the spent paper hulls too........You're right Joe, like you, I shot everything with that M37......I remember always counting my shells to see how many I had left in all my pockets....... Plus I always liked the feeling and smell of the wax coating they used to put on hulls...... Thanks for the memories .......
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Well, RG, let us see photos of the little toy when it's in your hands. In our countries they are as scarce as hens teeth. It could be a while, Joe, but I certainly will. RG
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I've bought on the strength of emailed photos before and lost, but I've also taken that gamble and won too; I hope this one'll be a win... Not in my hands yet, and these are the seller's photos, but given that the deal is done and it'll be mine soon, I don't feel too bad about using his photos... W&C Scott 10g, 34" barrel, c 1880:   I just need to get hold of an appropriate sized wad punch (surely not too hard...) and 10g roll crimper (could be a little harder...) so I can play with it...
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Anything I should look out for beyond the usual wall thickness, proof, tightness etc caveats?
There is one thing I'd suggest you consider based on the two I have. There is very little metal in the action bar due to being a single barrel. And the steel in these is usually pretty soft. As a result heavy loads can stretch the action easier than on a double. My little 16 has been particularly suseptible to this problem so I'm holding my loads to no more than 7/8 oz. But it's old.....(even older than me--Whew!) The guns were proofed at 1oz and 7/8oz is the load they were designed shoot day in day out. However as I remember the problem with Joe's gun was that the action needed to be hardened. Joe argued with me that it never had been case hardened and I argued that it had and had been anneled because the forend iron was hardened. As I remember it the gunsmith thought the action needed to be hardened too. I shot many 1oz loads through my Birmy sixteen singleshot before switching to 7/8oz blackpowder. I have had no trouble with mine going loose or off face. Best, Mike
Last edited by AmarilloMike; 03/12/12 09:49 AM.
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I bought this one a couple of months ago for 45. 12 bore Jeffery. 
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