| Topic: 16ga wad diam: DR16 (0.655 actual!) vs CB0078 0.642 |
Brewster11
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 Forum: 16ga. Ammunition & Reloading
Posted: Tue Feb 10, 2026 7:02 pm Subject: 16ga wad diam: DR16 (0.655 actual!) vs CB0078 0.642 |
| I tested DR-16 with Pressure Trace II system and found no appreciable difference in chamber pressure or muzzle velocity between DR-16 and SG-16 with 7/8 oz loads. The only difference was stack height ... |
| Topic: Low Pressure 16 ga. Ammo |
Brewster11
Replies: 5
Views: 616
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Forum: 16ga. Ammunition & Reloading
Posted: Mon Feb 09, 2026 10:27 pm Subject: Low Pressure 16 ga. Ammo |
| I’ve been happy with both, no distinguishable difference. They’re great for just about everything where lead shot is permitted. Our club has a half pallet of 1 oz 1300 fps Rio, very high quality and ... |
| Topic: Surving the cold temps----but--- |
Brewster11
Replies: 19
Views: 1300
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Forum: 16ga. General Discussion
Posted: Mon Feb 09, 2026 10:08 pm Subject: Surving the cold temps----but--- |
Half century ago, hunted pheasants in cattails wearing pair of jeans. Noticed denim on side of left leg was frozen solid. My leg is still has no feeling in that patch today 50 years later.
Byron ... |
| Topic: Curios and Relics |
Brewster11
Replies: 1
Views: 422
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Forum: 16ga. Guns
Posted: Sat Feb 07, 2026 12:57 pm Subject: Curios and Relics |
| Let’s go down a rabbit hole for a moment. Pursuant to dispositioning the NR Davis SxS mentioned here elsewhere, I looked into what ATF deems to be a Curio and Relic. Not finding myself identified th ... |
| Topic: N R Davis SxS |
Brewster11
Replies: 3
Views: 566
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Forum: 16ga. Guns
Posted: Fri Feb 06, 2026 11:33 pm Subject: N R Davis SxS |
Thank you Drew and 16gaDavis for the information, much appreciated.
B. |
| Topic: What’s it worth |
Brewster11
Replies: 35
Views: 2049
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Forum: 16ga. General Discussion
Posted: Fri Feb 06, 2026 10:28 pm Subject: What’s it worth |
| df & Citori16, that gun has Grade V wood. We have three 725s with purportedly Grade 3/4 wood which look like barn wood compared to yours. I would price accordingly albeit with a small discount f ... |
| Topic: What’s it worth |
Brewster11
Replies: 35
Views: 2049
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Forum: 16ga. General Discussion
Posted: Thu Feb 05, 2026 11:01 am Subject: What’s it worth |
So that Grade 3 of the OP's became a shooter instead of a collector piece when the finish was stripped.
I have to dip my toe in the conversation here to agree with DR. But to me the oil finish is a ... |
| Topic: 700X |
Brewster11
Replies: 11
Views: 1230
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Forum: 16ga. Ammunition & Reloading
Posted: Wed Feb 04, 2026 10:54 pm Subject: 700X |
Dont know where youre manager got that idea. CAC still has 4 & 6%.
He got the intel from the importer. CAC website looks like they are running short of 6%.
V/R
B. |
| Topic: Reloading Tip |
Brewster11
Replies: 13
Views: 836
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Forum: 16ga. Ammunition & Reloading
Posted: Wed Feb 04, 2026 10:49 pm Subject: Reloading Tip |
| From the ‘Well, Duh’ dept: Loading shot into the plastic MEC reloader bottles has always been a great annoyance to me. The 25 lb shot bags are unwieldy, the bottles are high on the reloader, and the ... |
| Topic: LETS CONDUCT A POLL . |
Brewster11
Replies: 54
Views: 4303
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Forum: 16ga. Ammunition & Reloading
Posted: Tue Feb 03, 2026 11:21 pm Subject: LETS CONDUCT A POLL . |
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| Topic: Choke install |
Brewster11
Replies: 28
Views: 2380
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Forum: 16ga. General Discussion
Posted: Tue Feb 03, 2026 10:19 am Subject: Choke install |
| Our first shotgun was a M12 with a Polychoke. Naturally at first we turned it all the way to Full and X Full to “get more range” which of course did quite the opposite. After chewing up some rabbits ... |
| Topic: 28ga Ruger Red Label tubes |
Brewster11
Replies: 7
Views: 547
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Forum: 16ga. General Discussion
Posted: Mon Feb 02, 2026 10:22 am Subject: 28ga Ruger Red Label tubes |
Ebay has several 28 ga RRL tubes listed. Unfortunately they all appear to be flush, not extended. Mike would have known where to obtain one.
B. |
| Topic: LETS CONDUCT A POLL . |
Brewster11
Replies: 54
Views: 4303
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Forum: 16ga. Ammunition & Reloading
Posted: Sun Feb 01, 2026 8:58 pm Subject: LETS CONDUCT A POLL . |
Just curious bfox, what is your skeet gun?
Thanks
B. |
| Topic: Choke install |
Brewster11
Replies: 28
Views: 2380
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Forum: 16ga. General Discussion
Posted: Sat Jan 31, 2026 5:04 pm Subject: Choke install |
| Interesting that this came up today at the club. Spoke with a member who took an 870 to his gunsmith for choke tubes. After examining the gun, the gunsmith refused, saying he could do nothing that w ... |
| Topic: N R Davis SxS |
Brewster11
Replies: 3
Views: 566
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Forum: 16ga. Guns
Posted: Sat Jan 31, 2026 4:58 pm Subject: N R Davis SxS |
| A fellow club member has come across a 16 ga N R Davis SxS in an estate clearance. Per his report, it is 1900s vintage, steel barrel (not damascus), likely 2 1/2” chamber, in shootable but tired and ... |
