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| < 16ga. General Discussion ~ Browning relaunching the Sweet Sixteen!?! |
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Sun Oct 04, 2015 3:57 pm
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I really would like to have a modern 16 ga. autoloader that would handle some heavy non=toxic or steel shot loads for waterfowl'. Being fond of my present A-5 humpback, I would buy a modern A=5 in a heartbeat.
Are you listening Browning? If you are going to, please hurry up. My 80 year old butt may not have that many more trips left! ( OK I can always leave one to my boys)
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Sun Oct 04, 2015 7:32 pm
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I don't see anything special in a new "A-5" of any gauge. The similarity to the original is merely cosmetic, much as the current VW Beetle has almost nothing in common with the original Bug.
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Tue Oct 06, 2015 11:43 am
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| Very intriguing. A new scaled frame 6lb sweet sixteen with choke tubes would really be a do it all gun if there ever was one. I think it would be a home run. |
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Wed Oct 07, 2015 6:13 am
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| UncleDanFan wrote: |
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Very intriguing. A new scaled frame 6lb sweet sixteen with choke tubes would really be a do it all gun if there ever was one. I think it would be a home run.
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Now if we could only get Franchi to build it! |
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Wed Oct 07, 2015 11:28 am
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| One more for the Silver in 16ga |
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Wed Oct 07, 2015 11:32 am
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Very intriguing. A new scaled frame 6lb sweet sixteen with choke tubes would really be a do it all gun if there ever was one. I think it would be a home run.
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Now if we could only get Franchi to build it!
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Why ????
I did handle one of the new 12ga's for the first time in the dove field the other day . It is a really nice handling gun and lite . The owner said it has been really reliable with heavy duck loads and lite dove loads .
I would like it alot better if it were scaled to the 16ga . |
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Wed Oct 07, 2015 6:13 pm
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Thu Oct 08, 2015 8:07 am
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maybe it is real ?...............I'm already budgeting for a couple , just in case . I'm not getting my hopes up though . Too much , anyway
Ok , maybe I am |
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Thu Oct 08, 2015 8:14 am
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Thu Oct 08, 2015 8:22 am
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| wildlew wrote: |
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One more for the Silver in 16ga
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Add another here. Either one would be interesting, though. |
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Thu Oct 08, 2015 9:41 am
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As long as it is reasonable in weight I guess it is time to start saving my pennies and avoiding buying other guns.
hehehehe, who am I kidding!
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Thu Oct 08, 2015 3:05 pm
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I own a Silver, but I wouldn't trade my banged up rust-flowered pre-war 16 ga A-5 for a crate full of Silvers.
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Thu Oct 08, 2015 7:45 pm
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Amen to that.
I have a friend that works closely with Browning...and he mentioned the Sweet 16 coming out as well the other night. |
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Fri Oct 09, 2015 1:42 pm
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| Interestingly they are coming out with ammo next year as well. Wonder if Browning will be scratching that itch too! Hell why not compression formed hulls. Others I've read are also dreaming of 3 inch chambers. God we are a desperate, hungry bunch. |
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16' Brown A5
15' Brown White Light Citori
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46' Win 12 (2)
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Sun Oct 11, 2015 8:53 am
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I think I'd rather take the $1,600 +/- the new ones will cost, spend a third of it on a Japanese invector barrel and keep plugging along with my old reliable 1950 Sweet.
If it ain't broke....
Just saying.
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