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What happens if you live in New York? Isn't there a ban on all internet ammo sells?
Upstate New York should have been divided from the city, what a shame this happened to once a great state for hunting.
If Hillary gets in then we will all have nothing to shoot.
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16 Gauge Society has a group of real Gentlemen who know the gauge and willing to help others. Real problem with 16's is scarce components with most factory loadings trying to duplicate 12 G ballistics. Rather than try to get 12 G results I prefer to use the gauge as a bit more capable than a 20.
16 G Society designed there own wad to load straight wall hulls with light shot weights had Down Range make them up on special order. It's the answer for 7/8 oz loads. With lots of load data exchanged They are a good resource for SxS shooters
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Depends on the gun and the game.
If you go for grouse and woodcock, IC/Mod is good and you can open it further with spreader loads (which get some discussion and attention on 16ga.com). I did some patterning last weekend with a variety of gauges and chokes and it was quite revealing. For example, my 16 ga. Sauer BBF is marked full but the patterns are mod. I have a 20 ga. O/U marked IC/mod that is reputed to be tight choked, so I loaded up some spreaders which turned out to be unnecessary as the gun shoots wonderfully broad evenly spaced patterns. Next in like for testing is a Spanish 16 ga. marked mod & full; I'm not going to order 16 ga. spreader inserts just yet...
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My last 3 outings for a stroll thru the woods, I have gravitated to the 16. One is 6lbs even and the other was 5lbs 14oz. Both are treats to carry. However when all the dust settles I think its because of the purple hulls. 
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I have 4 Sixteens that cover the range. Stevens 520 pump in trap configuration, Model 31 Remington I/C choke, Parker Trojan F&M, and a FN Hammer Gun open chokes and under 6 Lbs.
Like every one
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fiery, dependable, occasionally transcendent
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Yup-just check the Jimmie Hendricks' playbook-- Nice thing about the std 12 gauge 2&3/4" loads- get them anywhere, worldwide- just like the .30-06 and the .22lr (sorta on the .22-still haven't figured out the "shortage" scenario on that puppy-
"The field is the touchstone of the man"..
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I only own 16's and 12's at the moment. One of my favorites is a little 16 OU made by "Fabriques d’armes unies de Liège." It seems to love 3/4 oz loads and serves as my 28 gauge.
16ga.com is self-regulated a good bunch of shooter/ hunters.
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I always swore I had no need for a sixteen. Perfectly happy with my light 12's. They do everything better, we all know that. Then.....I "accidentally" bought my first sixteen, a Lefever DS with 26" barrels. It's so good at bird killing I don't even need to go along. Now, six sixteens are in my stable and I seldom take my 12's for their outings. Oh, what am I to do!
When an old man dies a library burns to the ground. (Old African proverb)
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I'm in the same boat, Joe. I'm winnowing American classic 12s to end up with two 16s--- 1889 Parker hammer 0 frame and 1914 Sauer Model 8---and 20g SKB Model 500 o/u and 12ga Beretta Silver Pigeon 1 o/u.
Pet 16 loads are Rem hull, SP16, Longshot, Win 209, one ounce No. 4 Bis, pressure 7,000 velocity 1175 and Fiocchi hull, SP16, 4756, one ounce Bis No. 5, Fiocchi primer, pressure 6400 velocity 1210.
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