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| < 16ga. Guns Wanted or For Sale ~ GB: Browning grade 6 |
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Sat Dec 20, 2008 8:47 am
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Joined: 08 Oct 2006
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Location: Tappahannock, Virginia
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Sat Dec 20, 2008 9:39 am
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Joined: 28 Mar 2008
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Location: Eagle, Nebraska
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Have been searching for a Citori upland special in 16ga for some time. This isn't an "upland special" but close! But a little too high of grade for me.
I like the upland special as LOP is 14" |
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Sat Dec 20, 2008 3:37 pm
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Location: Illinois
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What a quail gun  |
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Sat Dec 20, 2008 7:57 pm
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Location: Missouri
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If I win the lottery tonight, I will buy it!!
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Tue Dec 23, 2008 11:53 am
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Location: massachusetts
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I have a 26" 16 gauge Superlight I use occasionally. I've handled it side by side with a similar 20 ga. Upland 24" Citori. The difference in weight and balance between the 16 and the 20 gauge Citori models of equal length is minimal. The 26 inch gun is much better balanced and smoother to mount and swing. The average 26" break open gun is also plenty short enough to deploy in brush as thick as I'd care to hunt in. I think I'd be giving way too much up for a break open gun 2 inches shorter.
Consider the shorter overall length of the average breakopen vs a repeater. A 24" O/U or SxS is a very short gun indeed. If 24 inch break opens had good handling characteristics, they'd have been very popular much earlier on. They don't. That is why they've never been popular. However, a 24 inch pump gun is at least 5 inches longer to begin with. Folks have learned that a 24" pump makes a fine upland gun. Just putting in some info you might find useful when making a selection. |
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