Line Dawg
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^^^^
Never liked the way it looks, but handy as a pocket on a shirt.
Never liked the way it looks, but handy as a pocket on a shirt.
16ga ???
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.308 Norma
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I think you nailed it, mavracer. As I've mentioned several times before on THR, when I was growing up, my mom and dad owned and operated a small country store/gas station. That store was located right in the heart of some of the best dove, quail, pheasant, duck and goose hunting country in the whole state. So naturally, Mom and Dad stocked shotgun shells in their store (they even sold a few guns by special order).
At any rate, I remember Dad telling me that the only shotguns shells they sold less of than 16ga were 28ga. And this was back in the 1960s! So, IMHO, 16ga shotguns not being more popular is not some kind of new phenomenon by any stretch of the imagination - not that I wouldn't like to have an old "Sweet 16" double of my own.
They are that. Paid $5 for mine about 40 years ago. Definitely not on a 12 ga frame. Took some work to get a 12 butt stock to fit.
T.R.
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When I was a young hunter back in the 1960's, 16 gauge was quite common among hunters of upland game. Always an excellent choice for flying pheasants and running rabbits. I remember the purple cardboard hulls were sold at Tru Value Hardware for a very fair price. TR
Miami_JBT
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I have three 16 Gauge guns. An old 1920s production Iver Johnson "Excel" single shot, a H&R Model 349 "Gamester" bolt action, and a Mossberg Model 190 bolt action. For me, 16 Gauge is the cartridge of the working man, harkening back to the Great Depression and America's post-war economic growth. They shoot great and I enjoy 'em.
