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| < 16ga. General Discussion ~ How many of your friends shoot a 16 Ga.? |
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Sat Jun 18, 2011 8:24 am
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| I hunt with 8 guys, not all at the same time, but in groups of 2-3 and at the most 4. If you include me, 3 of us shoot a 16 Ga. and the rest shoot either 12 or 28 Ga. shotguns. The 16 Ga. guys shoot a Parker, Merkel and an AyA, not bad company when you think about it. 3 out of 9 is a high percentage of 16 Ga. shooters in any one group. How many of your friends shoot a 16 Ga.? |
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Sat Jun 18, 2011 9:01 am
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I feel a warm spot in my heart when I meet a man whiling away an afternoon...and stopping to chat with him, hear the sleek lines of his double gun whisper "Sixteen." - Gene Hill, Shotgunner's Notebook |
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Sat Jun 18, 2011 10:25 am
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I don't consider them friends, if they don't shoot a 16 gauge!  |
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Sat Jun 18, 2011 10:50 am
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Three for me and only one is a relative.
It's sad to know that many of the younger generations are not even aware of 16ga. |
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Sat Jun 18, 2011 10:59 am
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| I am only 27 and I am the only person I know that shoots them. Another guy my age has a Sweet Sixteen he is holding for the mother of a friend who passed away. Besides that its all 20 and 12. |
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Sat Jun 18, 2011 11:49 am
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| One. Nice Sweet 16. |
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Sat Jun 18, 2011 11:50 am
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| I'm the only one among my regular hunting companions, the rest shoot 12's, 20's and one shoots a 28. I do have a very good buddy who collects guns - in shotguns he is a 16 gauge collector (and has some very nice ones), but he doesn't hunt anymore (and he even has a cornfield in his backyard!) |
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Sat Jun 18, 2011 12:43 pm
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| Just one. Another a 28 and 8 others a 20 (and this is for grouse and woodcock). Eight use a 12 for pheasant and two use their 20's for pheasant. |
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Sat Jun 18, 2011 1:24 pm
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| All of them, because they always want to hunt with mine. Cheap bastards. |
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Sat Jun 18, 2011 1:37 pm
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Sat Jun 18, 2011 2:11 pm
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| No friends. My brother shoots an older short chambered A5 in 16. |
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Sat Jun 18, 2011 2:11 pm
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| One and only for hunting. |
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Sat Jun 18, 2011 2:53 pm
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I hunt with 3 other guys, none of whom owned 16s when I first met them 8-10 years ago. Now they all at least own a 16. I like to think I was a good influence on them! One guy has a beurtiful Philly Sterlingworth, one guy has a Fox Model B; and the 3rd fellow has an Ithica Flues. I'm really the only one in the group who regularly uses a 16 (mostly my Uggie), the others use them only occasionally.
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Sat Jun 18, 2011 3:28 pm
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| I don't hunt, but I shoot a lot of clays. No one but me uses a 16 in the groups that I shoot with. 12s are predominant, with 20s and 28s dragging up the rear. They laugh at me, but I simply laugh back and keep 16ing! |
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Sat Jun 18, 2011 3:34 pm
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None of my old hunting buddies did , Now that I have moved to Rapid City SD I'm hoping to meet some new friends here that use them!  [JC Higgins sxs 16 ga] It's one of my favorite to hunt upland with. |
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