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< 16ga. Guns ~ How many 16's do you have? |
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Tue Mar 19, 2019 5:46 pm
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Joined: 28 Jan 2018
Posts: 159
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3 win 1200. 5 rem 870 (ranging from early fifties to modern). 2 Ithaca 37 (one pre-war, one 1972). 1 rem 31 30". 1 win 1400. 1 win model 12(I m choke). 1 western field 620. think that's all . |
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Tue Mar 19, 2019 6:14 pm
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Joined: 08 Oct 2006
Posts: 1395
Location: Tappahannock, Virginia
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Current inventory:
Ithaca 37R
Winchester M1912
Citori 525
Ugartechea Parker Hale
Simpson pre-war (loaned out right now)
Sauer hammer gun
Sauer boxlock, unmarked
Belgian O/U (project)
MF Ideal, grade 0
Sauer hammer gun, project
Might have forgotten something. |
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Tue Mar 19, 2019 8:38 pm
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Joined: 14 Oct 2011
Posts: 110
Location: Eastern Washington
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1934 Fox Sterlingworth
1948 Merkel 200E |
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Tue Mar 19, 2019 9:15 pm
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Joined: 03 Aug 2009
Posts: 203
Location: Northern California
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CSMC RBL 16 (29-inch barrels, single trigger)
Browning Citori Gran Lightning 16 O/U (28-inch barrels)
Vincenzo Bernardelli sxs 16 (double triggers, sling swivels, leather sling)
LC Smith Ideal Grade 16 (Featherweight frame, 28-inch barrels, single trigger)
Fox Sterlingworth Skeet and Upland Special 16 (28-inch barrels)
I like the modern guns for nontoxic shot, waterfowl hunting, wild bird hunting. I'm a little more careful with the vintage guns, which see action on the clays courses, the preserve hunts, and light duty wild bird hunts for doves and the like. |
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Tue Mar 19, 2019 9:33 pm
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Joined: 16 Jul 2015
Posts: 2126
Location: Hudson,Wy
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My inventory is currently in a state of flux. I won an auction for another L.C. Smith 16, but still haven't heard from the seller. I'm not doing anything with that until I hear from the fellow, just to be safe. Hopefully he is just on vacation and is okay.
I mostly use "vintage" guns for all of my hunting. A couple of my vintage guns even see steel shot use regularly. I have a few newer guns, but I use a few of the old 16's far more than anything else, especially with upland birds. |
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Wed Mar 20, 2019 8:51 am
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Joined: 17 Dec 2015
Posts: 64
Location: Northern WI
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Doubles:
Bill Hanus Ugartechea
Pieper Bayard
Savage Fox Sterlingworth
Single:
H&R 1908 |
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Wed Mar 20, 2019 6:42 pm
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Joined: 26 Feb 2019
Posts: 16
Location: United States
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5 so far all in my signature, wouldn't mind a few more! I figure I'm "the next generation" keeping these old girls alive! |
_________________ Current 16's:
Stevens 311A
Ithaca 37
Whippet HSB&CO
Winchester 1897
Remington Model 11 Sportsman |
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Wed Mar 20, 2019 6:50 pm
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Joined: 08 Oct 2006
Posts: 1395
Location: Tappahannock, Virginia
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16'er wrote: |
Current inventory:
Ithaca 37R
Winchester M1912
Citori 525
Ugartechea Parker Hale
Simpson pre-war (loaned out right now)
Sauer hammer gun
Sauer boxlock, unmarked
Belgian O/U (project)
MF Ideal, grade 0
Sauer hammer gun, project
Might have forgotten something.
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I did forget the marlin 90! |
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Wed Mar 20, 2019 7:29 pm
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Joined: 13 Jun 2009
Posts: 696
Location: WA/AK
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Need to add another 28-inch Fox, an SP-Grade with Fox-Kautzky Single Selective Trigger, and a 1941 vintage Winchester Model 21 Skeet Gun to my list. |
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Thu Mar 21, 2019 8:16 am
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Joined: 06 Aug 2004
Posts: 2172
Location: Kansas High Plains
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What's the old saying: "More than I need, not as many as I want." |
_________________ I feel a warm spot in my heart when I meet a man whiling away an afternoon...and stopping to chat with him, hear the sleek lines of his double gun whisper "Sixteen." - Gene Hill, Shotgunner's Notebook |
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Sat Mar 23, 2019 2:26 am
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Joined: 20 Jan 2015
Posts: 43
Location: Victoria BC & Peoria AZ
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1 X Fox side by side
1 X original Wells Fargo coach gun
14 X Winchester model 97's (I know it's an obsession) |
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Sat Mar 23, 2019 2:29 am
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Joined: 20 Jan 2015
Posts: 43
Location: Victoria BC & Peoria AZ
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1 Wells Fargo original coach gun
14 Winchester model 97's (I know it's an obsession) |
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Sat Mar 23, 2019 3:00 am
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Joined: 26 Apr 2016
Posts: 369
Location: Vermont
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I have 4 with the addition of the new A5 a couple weeks ago. My first was and still is my Auto 5 16, then when Browning made a run a 16' Citori's years a go I bought a Lightning Feather with 26 " barrels. who knew they would be making more. When I found the Lightning feather was a little too light for me to shoot well I promised my wife that I would sell it to get the Grade III 28" Citori I own now and lately have been shooting more. Somehow I never sold the other! Anyway that's what I have now.
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Sun Mar 24, 2019 7:52 am
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Joined: 12 Aug 2005
Posts: 12
Location: Central Illinois
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Lindner 175 Featherweight
Lefever GE fluid steel
1906 Sauer mo XIV E
1926 Sauer mo XVII E
1912 Custom Fox ejector ( Mann/Gaddy/Nixon)
1933 Edgar Strempel sideplate ejector
On order( May?)New shot show Citori 28” Superlight Feather.
No closet queens here, all are hunted
regularly as they were meant to be,
but all ( just like my Eva the wonder dog) pampered!
Best Regards,
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Thu Mar 28, 2019 6:35 pm
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Joined: 12 Mar 2012
Posts: 684
Location: Ontario
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canvasback wrote: |
From a high of 8 I’m down to 2.
But I’m down in my 12’s as well.
Making sure that what’s in my safe is what I really want. Now I’m on the hunt for more of those.....keepers!
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2 16 gauges! Can't believe I let it get that low. So I bought another one today. Won't have it in hand for another week or so but it's a Husqvarna 310 16 gauge with 29 1/2" barrels. Working on some others. |
_________________ 1921 Pieper 29" 6 lbs 10 oz
2003 Citori White Lightning 26" 6 lbs 10 oz
1932 Husqvarna 310AS 29.5" 6 lbs 7 oz
1925 Ferlach 29" 6 lbs 7 oz
1923 Greifelt 29" 6 lbs 1 oz
1928 Simson 29.5" 6 lbs
1893 Lindner Daly FW 28” 5 lb 11oz |
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