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Member Joined: 26 Jun 2005 Posts: 376 Location: North ID.

I've convinced my brother to finally come over from the dark side!
Very Happy

When we were in SD this past December, I think he began to see the light, a small ray to begin with, but light nonetheless.

He was able to observe the 16's I was hunting with smacked the pheasants hard enough, and they could be carried around all day without feeling like a weighted club by the end of the day!

He now wants a 16 gauge, but only in semi-auto! I've told him about the new BPS that's out, no dice!

What are some of you goods folks opinion on what he should look for. Some suggestions I've made are: Rem-Model 11, Rem. 11-48, Browning 16 or Sweet 16. I don't own any auto 16's so my suggestions are based solely on knowing what's available, not experience.

So what is the definitive 16 auto!!!
Laughing

Thanks guys!
Cameron

Member Joined: 25 Jul 2006 Posts: 781

The only Remington to own is the Model 11. I believe the later remington 16's were all made on 12 ga recievers... Sad

An A5 standard 16 is hard to beat for the price. The sweets demand a lot more cash but save you 8 to 10 oz.

Jeff

Listen to Jeff. He said it all.

Don't bother reading further down.

Member Joined: 08 Nov 2005 Posts: 3438 Location: Illinois

I told him not to read that.

The 11-48 Sportsman is a fine light 16g. The Rem 11 is another good one. I have both and just purchased another Rem 11. The prices are pretty good compared to the brownings.
Best,
Ron

The heavy Rem 1100 might be the only gun you can still buy brand new.

Joined: 18 Apr 2005 Posts: 44 Location: Troy, MI

I have a Remington M11.....had a polychoke put on the gun and I've never looked back; I've taken duck, rabbit, pheasant, grouse, chukar, & woodcock with the gun and I've worked a up a buffered turkey load that throws a nice, tight pattern at 40 yards (still working on getting the turkey, though! Wink

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I've also looked at the 11-48....nice gun and light, as was stated previously. I don't know when the gun companies started putting the 16s on 12 gauge frames; I've looked at older 1100s and some of them seem lighter than others......could just be my imagination, however.
While the prices on the model 11 are much more reasonable than those of the A5, I would strongly suggest that you buy one soon.....the price of used guns, for some reason, seems to be increasing (actually, skyrocketing on some models), and the less popular gauges seem to be increasing faster than others.........
Good Luck!

Member Joined: 26 Jun 2005 Posts: 376 Location: North ID.

My brother called today and said he bought a 16 auto! He found a FN auto that was an A5 clone. He figured it was a European version of the Browning A5 since it had a cheekpiece and it was marked as an FN, and since FN made the Browning that were brought into the states and marked as such.

Sounds as though the buttstock has a repair to it, supposedly solid, no pits in or out, 2 3/4 inch chamber, mechanically sound-at least that's what he was told, 29 3/8" barrel(I assume metric) full choke.

At any rate, the gun was $195.00. I'm anxious to see how it looks and performs.

I assume the FN autos are virtual clones of the Browning auto. Anyone know anything about the FN marked guns?

Thanks,
Cameron