In my opinion a light weight 16 gauge upland bird gun is not a good waterfowl gun and for waterfowl, I use a much heavier 12 gauge. Nor do I want to haul a heavy 16 gauge shotgun around the uplands or any other heavy shotgun regardless of gauge.

My #2 AyA weighs 6 lbs. 2 oz. choked Imp. and Mod. patterns 1 or 1 1/8 oz. loads beautifully from her 2 triggered controlled barrels. For upland birds 1 and 1 1/8 oz. of ejecta is all that I need.

Also, beauty is in the eye of the beholder and I think that the slim profile of a sidelock 16 gauge SxS with a straight stock, splinter grip and two triggers is what a Upland Queen should look like.

Jim