16 gauge coming back?

The newer Browning A5 Sweet Sixteens are pretty sweet to carry.

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Seeing a few more new production 16GA guns showing up these days. My local has few loads in 16GA on the shelves most of the time. The Sweet Sixteen above is a very nice gun, especially in the "Lightning" version.
 
Browning is doing a run of White Lightning and Grand Lightning for Shot Show this year. They have also introduced a 16ga target load in their sporting line, i think they only offer #8 shot but still an option.
I love my 16s, down to 2 but have had about a dozen or so over the last few years. The White Lightning they will need to pry from my cold dead hands.
Rizzini also still makes dedicated hunting and sporting framed 16ga. FAIR is still around as well.
Ain't no better choice then a 16 bore.
 
i like the 16ga in europe it was great and easy to find ammo. the ones that own a 16 and found consider you lucky as i never seen a shell in 2 the stores that were selling ammo ...
 
I have a few 16's, and like them very much for upland birds and some light waterfowl duties. The Browning Citori white lightning is my go-to upland bird gun, but sometimes gets set aside for the Merkel 211E/251E (two barrel set with the second barrel set 16/7x57R) or the Krieghoff Trumpf drilling 16x16/7x57R. A while ago I acquired a nice old German-Italian side by side hammer gun with two barrel sets that I have yet to take out in the field. I also had a Winchester Model 12, a wonderful gun that just didn't fit me properly. I had but sold an Ithaca Flues double, two Sauer Drillings, and a Heym combination gun. The only one I bought new was the Browning. My only regret with using the 16 ga. is the poor performance of steel shot loads. They just don't kill as well as 12 ga. or even 3" 20 ga. steel loads, because they are loaded about 200 fps slower. Not sure why that is, but I don't worry about that too much. I shoot bismuth or tungsten matrix when I need a few waterfowl loads for the 16.
 
Speaking as a westerner here. All the sub gauges need Brennekes where ever there is presence of wolves, bears and-or cougars.
If not only for peace of mind.
Particularly the 16 gauge could shine brighter, even once more even if only using the older 2 1/2 inch shell.
Edit: Sixteen gauge Brenneke classic slug and wild boar is like peanut butter and jam sandwich.
 
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Brutus said:
Speaking as a westerner here. All the sub gauges need Brennekes where ever there is presence of wolves, bears and-or cougars.
If not only for peace of mind.
Particularly the 16 gauge could shine brighter, even once more even if only using the older 2 1/2 inch shell.
Edit: Sixteen gauge Brenneke classic slug and wild boar is like peanut butter and jam sandwich.
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Brenneke slugs? We don' need no Brenneke slugs!! LOL
My 16x16/9.3X72R drilling.:cool:
For those wondering, the gun weighs 6.5 pounds without the ammo
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I have a Winchester S x S Model-21 in 16ga. Used it for years on pheasants. 26" barrels in IC & M.
I have lots of older factory ammo., like Canuck & Imperial obtained over the years.
 
Big fan of the 16 here, a 1100 16ga is my main waterfowl gun, 7/8 oz of ITX (iron tungsten) at 1450fps, crushes them all,
and I have two fair u/o in 16ga, one in New Zealand, other here in Canada,
Had a look at Ironcats, drilling the other day, very nice, would like one myself.
Keen on a nice 16ga SXS, if anyone knows of a source.
 
Thanks to the rolled-cuff and moustache-wax crew, the 16 is the greatest thing to hit the upland fields. At least, that's what the world would have us think. The 16 has been around and popular for years and has done great work. Apparently, you're not an upland hunter of any import unless you carry one, unless you carry a 28 which makes you even more relevant.

Only luddites like me carry a 12 anymore.
 
Not popular here with most hunters. Ammo is rarer and more $$. 12 is everywhere and will do more. They sell to collectors and a few upland hunters. Gave a nice pump 16 (Win *12 I think) a few years ago to a friends kid. Shoots it well with dads reloads.
 
BigUglyMan said:
Thanks to the rolled-cuff and moustache-wax crew, the 16 is the greatest thing to hit the upland fields. At least, that's what the world would have us think. The 16 has been around and popular for years and has done great work. Apparently, you're not an upland hunter of any import unless you carry one, unless you carry a 28 which makes you even more relevant.

Only luddites like me carry a 12 anymore.
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Your only a luddite if you think you are. The guys I hunt with don't discriminate against anyone no matter what they are carrying, and some of my friends have really expensive firearms!
 
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