While I love the 16; it is a marginal gauge in terms of general use.
While members of this board have a strong following for it as I do, it is a small percentage of ammo sales, and even smaller in terms new gun sales.
While 16 will not disappear, nor will it grow significantly
12 & 20 dominate for better or worse. Compared to those gauges the 16 cannot compete with the numbers sold and used.
I own more 16's than any other gauge. I love my 16's Purdey, Greener, Louis Christophe, and Fox Sterlingworth, but I am also a realist.
Yes, it is a good and functional gauge, but it is self deception to see it as more than marginally popular with a small percentage of the overall market for ammo, gun sales.
Last edited by old colonel; 01/09/17 11:00 AM.
