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Re: !6 Gauge, sidw by side shotgun

Post by Oldbrass » Thu Nov 19, 2020 8:18 pm

I've never fired a 16 ga in my 58 years. The 12 and 20 are extremely popular, wonder why the 16 isn't so. Seems like best of both worlds
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Re: !6 Gauge, sidw by side shotgun

Post by Travlin » Thu Nov 19, 2020 9:26 pm

Look at the variety of loads and shot sizes for sale in twelve and twenty gauge and then see what you can find for the sixteen. The three inch twenty has made the sixteen rather redundant.
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Re: !6 Gauge, sidw by side shotgun

Post by The Wiz » Thu Nov 19, 2020 9:55 pm

I have been told the 16 is quite popular in Europe. That is a question for our European members.
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Re: !6 Gauge, sidw by side shotgun

Post by Pitchman1968 » Sat Nov 21, 2020 12:27 pm

This replies to JE Bar's question regardinng the availability of shotshells for reloading: Up until the current shortgage of reloading components, brand new and once-fired shotshells for loading with lead pellets, were stocked by the the major on-line companies, i.e., Midway, Graf's, Ballistic Products, Precision Reloading, etc. 12 and 20 guage were the most plentiful, but 16 gauge hulls were spotty. Now, I'd say that least 90% of wads, powders, and primers required in shotshell reloading are of out of stock at those warehouses. Interestly, lead and steel shot are both available.

I have decided not to pursue reloading steel shot because my reloading coach has cautioned my about the dangers inherent in steel shotshell reloading. He uses this (1 to 10 ) scale in rating the danger of various types of reloading for a experienced handloader: Bottleneck center fire rifle cartridges he rates at a (1), lead shotshells at (5), and steel shotshells at (10).
When components again become available, I will continue to reload lead, and I will buy factory loaded 12 ga steel shotshells.
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Re: !6 Gauge, sidw by side shotgun

Post by JEBar » Sat Nov 21, 2020 4:48 pm

many thanks for taking the time to post your response .... I've never reloaded shotgun shells so I know very little about it
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Re: !6 Gauge, sidw by side shotgun

Post by White Squirrel » Sat Nov 21, 2020 9:00 pm

I have my dad's Mossberg bolt action shotgun that is a 16 gauge. Probably made sometime in the late 1940s/early 1950s. He got it in a trade for a 12 gauge side by side around 1955. It has a two-round box magazine and an adjustable choke. That gun has taken a lot of rabbits, squirrels, and a few deer since it came to our family 65 years ago. Not worth a lot of money in the open market, but it is priceless to me. And it is tough to find shells for it.
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