03-29-2008, 07:11 PM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Forsyth county of north carolina
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|  16 gauge or 12 gauge sorry wonted to post a poll.
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03-29-2008, 09:03 PM
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| 16 ga. 
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03-29-2008, 09:12 PM
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| Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: big pine key, florida
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03-29-2008, 09:17 PM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: South Arkansas
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| There was a poll earlier today with the same question. I voted 20ga, but i would love to have a 16ga. Model 1100 though...A.H |
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03-30-2008, 08:41 AM
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| The 16ga is a dead horse because the mfg,s wanted it that way.I agree due to the fact that you are lucky to find ammo for it,they dont make 3",and it isnt big enough to do .12ga work,or small enough to do .20ga work.On the other hand,I always loved the Sweet Sixteen. sam. |
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03-30-2008, 09:17 AM
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| A few years ago Remington reintroduced the 16ga. in there Model 1100 and 870 shotguns. They dropped them after 1 year. I think I saw some at Bud's Gun Shop web site 2 weeks ago or The Gun Source web site. So if anyone is interested in a 16ga. Check these sites...A.H |
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03-30-2008, 09:23 AM
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| 12 just because of the ammo choices and prices |
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03-31-2008, 12:41 AM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Oklahoma
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| I bought my 16 guage in 68 and have had it ever since. I keep it not because it's a sixteen guage but because I have confidence with it. I reload my own shells so it shoots pretty much like any 2 and 3/4 12.
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03-31-2008, 12:48 AM
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| Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2007
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| Wait doesnt H&R make new production 16 guage single shot shotguns? |
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04-02-2008, 11:11 PM
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| Registered User Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Pembroke,Georgia
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|  tTHE PRICE OF THE SHELLS IS AWFUL! I love my 16 and 410s but it is a rip off when it comes to buying shells. I AIN'T DEAD AND I AIN'T QUITTING.ALFRED |
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04-12-2008, 12:26 AM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: lakewood CO
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| 16 is fine for wing shooting but forget about water foul since lead shot is illeagle. Just not enough gun to pull down big birds. Go with a 20 the ammo is cheap and you can load magnums so steel shot will take something bigger than a grouse. |
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04-12-2008, 05:44 PM
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|  I found plenty of 16 ga shells at the Dick's Sporting Goods store. Best of all it was priced at $5/box. Naturally, I'm taking my Sweet Sixteen turkey hunting April 26-27 using 4-0 shells.
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04-23-2008, 08:24 PM
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| Registered User Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: S. E Virginia CSA
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| I prefer the 16. Besides, its kind of funny when somebody asks to borrow some shells then finds out you are shooting a 16 and they are shooting a 12. I also like the old adage " carries like a 20 and hits like a 12" |
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04-23-2008, 09:24 PM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Right behind you. -NRA Member-
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| I like em all.
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04-23-2008, 09:28 PM
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| Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: South Arkansas
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| I noticed that Wal Mart Doe's carry 16 ga. shells the other day and like the 410 and 20 ga. it was $10 some thing a box. 12 ga, was $7 plus a box. |
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04-23-2008, 10:31 PM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: A one horse town in E.Kansas.
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| The main, and I think only reason the 16 has nearly died in the U.S. is because American hunters started demanding more from one gun. They wanted a gun that could use a load light enough so as not to shred bird such as quail and grouse yet capable of using a load heavy enough to down the largest of waterfowl. IMHO it all hinged on economics. In an era when most folks could easily afford only one gun the 3 inch 12 gauge fell quite readily into that niche. As for the 20, 16, 12 can/can't do debate, my 16 will handily down anything I might wish to hunt with it. Granted, I don't hunt geese but I wouldn't think twice if they were called in to decoys and the range were within reasonable limits. Pheasant and teal fall to it as readily as quail and feral pigeons, and all this with the limitations of a two and a half inch cartridge. It's called being proficient with your shotgun. |
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04-24-2008, 07:08 AM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: New York
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| My first shotgun was a 16 bolt action from Western Auto bought in 1966. Adjustable choke. Nice gun but sold it to buy my 1200 Winchester in 1967.  |
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04-24-2008, 11:49 AM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Little town in ARKANSAW!
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| 12 because of ammo choices.
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04-24-2008, 12:40 PM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Minnesota
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| I would go for a 12 gauge. Nothing wrong with a 16, but the ammo choices and guns offered in them are so limited. |
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04-24-2008, 12:53 PM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: MS
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| My dad has a remington 1100 in 16ga. I don't think he has ever used the gun for anything. The ammo is rather scarce around here. Quick story. Me and my buddy were shooting skeet one day and somehow I grabbed a box of the 16ga ammo instead of 12ga. It was actually a big box with assorted cheap shells. We were shooting and my wouldn't eject and load properly. I probably shot 3-4 times before I found the culprit. I was shooting the 16ga out of a 12. Didn't hurt a thing, but i did scare me a bit. Luckily nothing went wrong. |
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