| Topic: How many 16's do you have? |
longwalker
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 Forum: 16ga. Guns
Posted: Mon May 06, 2019 7:57 pm Subject: How many 16's do you have? |
Browning Citori While Lightning 28"
SxS Italian/German Ext. Hammers 2 Barrel set 16 ga. 2.75"
Heym 55 o/u break 16-70 / .222 Rem
Kreighoff Trumpf Dural drilling 16x16/7x57R
Merkel 21 ... |
| Topic: Wild Bird Gunning percentages - |
longwalker
Replies: 25
Views: 13595
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Forum: 16ga. General Discussion
Posted: Mon May 06, 2019 7:45 pm Subject: Wild Bird Gunning percentages - |
1. What percentage of the wild birds that you gun, are killed out right?
Depends on species and conditions, my guess is between 60-70%
2. Do you shoot more than 20 wild birds each season.
yes, al ... |
| Topic: Wild Bird Gunning percentages - |
longwalker
Replies: 25
Views: 13595
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Forum: 16ga. General Discussion
Posted: Mon May 06, 2019 7:44 pm Subject: Wild Bird Gunning percentages - |
1. What percentage of the wild birds that you gun, are killed out right?
Depends on species and conditions, my guess is between 60-70%
2. Do you shoot more than 20 wild birds each season.
yes, al ... |
| Topic: Wild Bird Gunning percentages - |
longwalker
Replies: 25
Views: 13595
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Forum: 16ga. General Discussion
Posted: Mon May 06, 2019 7:43 pm Subject: Wild Bird Gunning percentages - |
1. What percentage of the wild birds that you gun, are killed out right?
Depends on species and conditions, between 60-70%
2. Do you shoot more than 20 wild birds each season.
yes, almost always
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| Topic: 16 Ga. magtech brass hull and 12 ga. Win gas seal |
longwalker
Replies: 4
Views: 5529
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Forum: 16ga. Ammunition & Reloading
Posted: Wed Oct 25, 2017 11:51 am Subject: 16 Ga. magtech brass hull and 12 ga. Win gas seal |
| i have discovered that the 16 ga mag tech brass shells have an internal diameter that is compatible with 12 ga. Win AA type wads. i have a couple thousand old Winchester gas seals that predate the AA ... |
| Topic: Best strategy for using up a bunch of Remington SP16 wads |
longwalker
Replies: 13
Views: 11388
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Forum: 16ga. Ammunition & Reloading
Posted: Thu Feb 25, 2016 6:18 am Subject: Best strategy for using up a bunch of Remington SP16 wads |
| Thanks for the advice, I didn't consider that air could push the powder past the wad while seating, makes sense. Has anyone tried a small ball of Dacron fibre over the powder to seal and fill space? I ... |
| Topic: Best strategy for using up a bunch of Remington SP16 wads |
longwalker
Replies: 13
Views: 11388
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Forum: 16ga. Ammunition & Reloading
Posted: Wed Feb 24, 2016 6:10 pm Subject: Best strategy for using up a bunch of Remington SP16 wads |
I need your advice, and hope this hasn't been discussed to death already, I didn't find it with a quick search.
I have a couple thousand Remington blue SP16 wads made to hold 1-1/8 oz of shot. I ... |
| Topic: loading "T" size shot |
longwalker
Replies: 4
Views: 6795
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Forum: 16ga. Ammunition & Reloading
Posted: Wed Dec 22, 2010 5:42 pm Subject: loading "T" size shot |
I bought a new gun so now I have a project...
http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p287/longwalker_photos/P1030836.jpg
The gun is a nice old Heym combo, 16 ga. over .222 rem. I think it will be perfec ... |
| Topic: Browning choke tubes |
longwalker
Replies: 8
Views: 6353
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Forum: 16ga. Guns
Posted: Tue Apr 22, 2008 8:44 am Subject: Browning choke tubes |
| I just purchased a Skeet's bore gauge from Brownell's. It was an eye opener when I put it in the barrels of my guns. Both the Merkel O/U and Sauer Drilling were tight full choke like I expected, at 0. ... |
| Topic: discussion about 16 ga. 3" |
longwalker
Replies: 15
Views: 13207
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Forum: 16ga. Ammunition & Reloading
Posted: Tue Apr 01, 2008 9:51 am Subject: discussion about 16 ga. 3" |
| Please educate me about an odd topic. A discussion has been going on on another forum about chamber length of 16 ga. guns. I offered that 16's were originally chambered for 2-1/2' or 2-5/8" shell ... |
| Topic: New AYA#2 16gauge - Pics |
longwalker
Replies: 20
Views: 14338
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Forum: 16ga. General Discussion
Posted: Sat Mar 15, 2008 10:54 pm Subject: New AYA#2 16gauge - Pics |
| putz463, I just had to chime in too, since I also hunt with a Cedarwoods Pudelpointer. For the hunting you describe, a good PP from a carefully selected breeder would fit nicely I think. The previous ... |
| Topic: Remington #12 shot? |
longwalker
Replies: 5
Views: 5834
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Forum: 16ga. Ammunition & Reloading
Posted: Wed Mar 12, 2008 7:50 pm Subject: Remington #12 shot? |
| I've used #12 handloads in a .410 for shooting sparrows and starlings around the farm. The tiny shot is very deadly on small birds, but only within about 20-25 yards. It is good inside barns 'cuz it d ... |
| Topic: 16 ga drilling |
longwalker
Replies: 4
Views: 4305
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Forum: 16ga. General Discussion
Posted: Sat Jan 26, 2008 10:37 pm Subject: 16 ga drilling |
| Congratulations on your purchase! I just returned from a hunt in Germany, my host used a Merkel drilling in 12 ga. and his father had one in 16 ga. Made me kinda lust after one. They are perfect for m ... |
| Topic: Shotgun sight beads |
longwalker
Replies: 8
Views: 6165
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Forum: 16ga. General Discussion
Posted: Sun Dec 30, 2007 9:08 pm Subject: Shotgun sight beads |
| I shoot better on quick close in shots by concentrating on the bird only, and the bead in those situations is irrelevant. BUT I find I must pay attention to the relationship of bird and bead for consi ... |
| Topic: polychoke yes or no |
longwalker
Replies: 18
Views: 12375
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Forum: 16ga. General Discussion
Posted: Sun Dec 30, 2007 8:56 pm Subject: polychoke yes or no |
| I ruined a nice Ithaca 37 by installing a polychoke years ago. The vents made the muzzle blast increase to very uncomfortable levels, and point of impact changed so I couldn't hit anything with it af ... |
