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Howdy everyone! SgtSam here. Very Happy

I'm a guy whose first shotgun was a plain Jane Stevens SxS 16. Got it for my 12th birthday. That was about three years after I got my first .22 rifle for my 9th Christmas. I was a little stupid some many years ago and sold the .22 and the 16. I was a young man in the military and moving around with those two guns, while I had to live in the barracks, was a royal pain in the rear. So, I sold 'em. Wish I hadn't. Sad

Well, I've hunted and shot clays for many years using mostly 12s and a few 20s for seasoning. Last Summer I purchased a Browning 16 BPS and had to ask myself, where has my head been all of these years. Embarassed

I'm in love with the 16 again. Since then, I purchased a LEE Loadall to reload for the 16, and now have a MEC on the way. I also have a Browning 16 Citori on the way. I'm not ready to sell my 12s yet, sold all of my 20s some time ago. My son still has a 20, though. But I'll have to see how much I use the 12s after the Citori arrives. Between the Citori and the BPS, I suspect I'll be using them most of the time.

I don't hunt anymore. I'm 66, bad feet, bad back, and suspect knees. Besides, I don't have any friends that hunt and I don't like going out alone. So, all of my shotgun shooting is clays of some sort. I have a number of friends who shoot that. They all think I'm nuts for going back to an "obsolete guage". I just smile and go about my efforts.

I'm looking forward to some good interface here and to learning a lot. Looks like a nice forum.

Thanks for opportunity to join you.

SgtSam

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Great to have you posting
WELCOME
Mike

Welcome SgtSam. Looks like we're neighbors. Hope you enjoy it here as much as I do. Good group of regulars here.

JT

Member Joined: 19 Oct 2009 Posts: 166 Location: Erwin, NC

Welcome, and enjoy shooting your "obsolete gauge"

Member Joined: 09 Jun 2005 Posts: 885 Location: Wisconsin

Welcome SgtSam, should say welcome back to the wonderful world of the 16 ga. Know what you mean about these golden years, but there still is grouse hunting not far from you that is doable for guys like us.

Welcome to GunTalk and welcome back to the world of the 16 gauge - I also reintroduced myself to 16's about a year and half ago with the purchase of a 16 gauge BPS - nice shotgun. Old Hunter
PS I have learned quite a bit from the members here, mostly very nice folks.

Welcome ol' Sar'nt!

Welcome to the group eh! Very Happy

Thank you for the most kind words.

SgtSam

Member Joined: 25 Sep 2009 Posts: 12 Location: Wisconsin

Welcome aboard SgtSam and let em look at you with that "obsolete gauge" gun of yours. That's what I do!

Member Joined: 09 Mar 2007 Posts: 972 Location: Keller,TX

I salute you SGTSAM! God must have lead you straight when you took up the 16 and found this forum. I'm looking forward to hearing about your exploits!

Member Joined: 01 Feb 2006 Posts: 450 Location: Indiana

Its like going back home again. This is a great place to be. Welcome aboard. Old 16

Welcome to the forum and congratulations of rediscovering the joys of shooting a 16 ga. They definitely can be addictive.

After shooting and hunting with 12's and 20's for over 50 years, I got my first 16 ga. Marlin Model 90 about 3-1/2 years ago, and I discovered this great Forum a few months later. I now have seven 16 ga. guns of which 5 are different versions of Marlin Model 90's. I also acquired a Utica-Fox Sterlingworth, and I got my dad's Springfield-Stevens No. 215 sxs hammer gun as a gift from the friend dad sold it to over 60 years ago.

Member Joined: 25 Sep 2009 Posts: 12 Location: Wisconsin

Sgt Sam,

I'm up here at the UP Side by Side shoot and there seems to be a plethora of 16 gauge people here! Razz