Joe- do I take your reply to mean, that in spite of the condition of that Field (or OO) grade Smith, he felt a $100 price was a good deal if it was indeed a 20 bore, but not such a deal if it was a 16??

16 gauge guns have their "wax and wane" in popularity-- I think the "smart money" will move towards the 20-- Look at the pricing and availability of 16 gauge loads at, say, Cabela's-- small potatoes compared the shelves of 12 and 20, and not including the steel shot 12 gauge loads in 3" Mag, and even 3&1/2"--

I can see a fine 16 doublegun for quail, dove, grouse and woodcock, but to my mind, pheasant either driven (Tower shoots) or over far ranging flushing dawgs-and waterfowl- is a 12 gauge realm..

"The field is the touchstone of the man"..