| Topic: odd winter leads to an interesting Spring |
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 Forum: 16ga. General Discussion
Posted: Wed May 20, 2026 1:20 pm Subject: odd winter leads to an interesting Spring |
| I have fond memories of fishing in Colorado in 1970 when I was going to school at Lowry AFB. The officer class was from 0600 to 1200 and I could usually be at the trout by 1400. The stream I fished ... |
| Topic: 16 ga Ithaca Field Grade |
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Posted: Sun Apr 19, 2026 7:03 pm Subject: 16 ga Ithaca Field Grade |
| 2 3/4" 16 gauge shells were not a standard production item until 1932, although earlier specimens have been reported. In 1932 Remington added 16 gauge to the model 11 line. They gave it a 2 3/4&q ... |
| Topic: 16 ga Ithaca Field Grade |
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Posted: Sun Mar 29, 2026 6:52 pm Subject: 16 ga Ithaca Field Grade |
| Ithaca's Harry Howland designed non-selective single trigger was introduced in the 1932 Ithaca Gun Co. catalog and was offered retro- fitted to any Ithaca from 175000 onwards (aka all Flues models and ... |
| Topic: WSF powder for 16 gauge target load? |
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Posted: Tue Feb 17, 2026 5:41 pm Subject: WSF powder for 16 gauge target load? |
| I have been loading the compression formed Winchester/Western 16-gauge Dove & Quail or UPLAND hulls with a Winchester 209, 20.5 grains of WSF, WAA-16 or later CB-16 and 1-ounce of shot for nearly ... |
| Topic: Winchester model 12 pricing |
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Posted: Fri Feb 06, 2026 6:53 pm Subject: Winchester model 12 pricing |
| Winchester never offered a vent rib 16-gauge Model 12 Skeet Gun. The January 1954 Winchester catalog that introduced the Winchester Special Ventilated Rib, dropped the 16-gauge Model 12 Skeet Gun. |
| Topic: For use on the Reminfton M11 - "The Sportsman" 16g |
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Posted: Sat Aug 16, 2025 8:14 am Subject: For use on the Reminfton M11 - "The Sportsman" 16g |
Lyman only offered three tube choices in the 16-, 20- & 28-gauge and .410-bore -- Full, Modified and Spreader.
https://i.imgur.com/N5P7yQ4.jpg
Various tubes and the boxes appear on ebay on a ... |
| Topic: Remington Sportsman 58 |
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Posted: Tue Aug 12, 2025 7:33 pm Subject: Remington Sportsman 58 |
| A Sportsman-58 was what Al Buntrock was shooting in the great Buntrock/Hefron shoot-off of the 12-gauge event at the 1968 NSSA championships which were held at Kansas City. |
| Topic: Remington model 31 variations |
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Posted: Sat Jul 26, 2025 11:37 am Subject: Remington model 31 variations |
| That is a very late post-war Model 31A "Standard" Grade gun that someone has faked up a much earlier, originally MOD, solid rib barrel as a SKEET barrel for it. The perpetrator marked it SK ... |
| Topic: I got bored |
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Forum: 16ga. General Discussion
Posted: Tue Dec 03, 2024 9:21 pm Subject: I got bored |
A 1933 vintage 16-gauge, 30-inch Ansley H. Fox A-Grade --
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| Topic: Posting Pictures |
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Posted: Sun Nov 17, 2024 1:59 pm Subject: Posting Pictures |
I just logged into Imgur no problem --
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| Topic: William W. Headrick |
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Posted: Sat Oct 26, 2024 5:20 pm Subject: William W. Headrick |
| Bill was quite the character, and we will all miss him. The Headrick's were not much into 16-gauges. On my visits to Cape Girardeau, I only ever saw one 16-gauge come out of the hidy-hole at Pop's h ... |
| Topic: I have a 1935 Parker Trojan,can I shoot 2-3/4" hi brass |
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Posted: Sun Aug 11, 2024 5:52 pm Subject: I have a 1935 Parker Trojan,can I shoot 2-3/4" hi brass |
| The Remington-era specification sheets for their Parker shotguns were reproduced in the book The Parker Story. They show the 16-gauge guns chambered 2 5/8-inch intended for 2 3/4-inch shells. This i ... |
| Topic: Skeettxs Unicorn |
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Posted: Wed Apr 17, 2024 7:50 am Subject: Skeettxs Unicorn |
| The Winchester Model 12 Skeet Gun in 16-gauge was a catalog item (G1281S) from the introduction of the Model 12 Skeet Gun in the 1934 Winchester Catalog No. 89 through the 1950 Winchester catalog, but ... |
| Topic: Light 16's |
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Posted: Wed Oct 18, 2023 8:55 am Subject: Light 16's |
| I have a lot of 16-gauge guns, but none are very light. Lightest is my SP-Grade, 28-inch barrel, A.H. Fox at 6 pounds, 6.2 ounces. |
| Topic: 1863 Springfield converted to 16ga |
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Posted: Wed Oct 18, 2023 8:34 am Subject: 1863 Springfield converted to 16ga |
| We've had one in the family since a family member got it as a kid on the prairie in the Dakotas circa 1900. It came to my father during WW-II and he put it back in shooting condition. I often shot D ... |
