looking for people that like to shoot 16 gauge

[kennedy759]

its not allowed in skeet, or registered trap tournaments. that leaves hunting and shooting clays for fun.

 

[Winamac]

My theory is that the 16ga didn't evolve to the 3 inch format. Plus I here people always complain about the recoil of the 12 & 16 so the 20 took off cause of the lesser recoil.

That makes sense, and the 410 was/is just to expensive (and underpowered perhaps) to shoot in large quantities as one would when shooting trap/skeet. Just my 2-cents.

 

[fender]

My first gun was a stevens single shot 16. I used it up until my early 20's. A couple buddies took me bird hunting and I got one bird per covey. They suggested a pump or auto so I bought an auto and the next hunt I shot my first bird with it twice. They seemed to enjoy making fun over that one.

 

[Thumper]

I have loved 16 ga since the 60s

 

[jamesb]

Modern alloys helped do away with it also. The original selling point, beyond the better patterns, was the payload of a 12 in the weight of a 20. A gun that you could carry for upland all day.

 

[kennedy759]

anyone interested in getting together and shooting trap?