I would bet dollars to donuts that if equal amounts sixteen guns and ammo were as available as 12ga......sixteens would be just as common, and maybe favored. If I had to have only one gun, a framed (6.5 lbs. + or -) sixteen gauge would do it all.

Not sure what the new sixteen A5 weighs in at, but if it's steel capable and light.....

Hopefully I'll get to shoot one soon.....

Life is too short to have a 'hate on' for so many things or people. Isn't it?