16ga.com ~ View topic - THE ANNOUNCEMENT THAT WE ALL HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR .

Member Joined: 03 Dec 2006 Posts: 58

This should be a very nice upland gun. I appreciate all the efforts you have made to make the 16ga. more available to the average person.

thankyou

Nice effort, Charles, and a nice gun. Thanks for your dedication.

Joined: 16 Sep 2007 Posts: 11

Charles, JOB WELL DONE. There's not too many of us capable of pulling all the stuff together then make it available. I congradulate you.
Rolling Eyes

Member Joined: 06 Nov 2005 Posts: 328

Let me add my best wishes too Charles.
And thank you for your hard work.

The final draft on the engraving is done and will be on its way to Browning the first of next week .

NOW LETS GET SOME GUNS BUILT !!!!!!!!!!!!

Regards Charles

Good Job.

This is side one .

This is side 2 , This is the Final Draft as it will appear on the gun , this is on its way to Browning .

Notice the slight changes made to the finished draft .

Regards Charles

Joined: 13 Apr 2008 Posts: 23 Location: Macomb, MI

Very nice Charles. Looks beautiful.

Maybe this is just the beginning of a 16 gauge trend. Hmmmm... Are you thinking what I'm thinking?

RW

Joined: 16 Nov 2006 Posts: 367

No RUFF GROUSE! You CADS!

Corey Ford is spinning in his grave!

Hello JrothWA :

It was VERY CLOSE to getting the Ruff Grouse INDEED .

But the birds chosen were to honor the folks that helped to make all of this happen.

The California Quail was to honor the Managing Director of the Society.

The Woodcock was to Honor our very own Woodcock .

The Chucker Partridge was to Honor our very own IFL16 .

The Sharptail Grouse was to Honor Ole Ben .

The Ruff Grouse is coming into play in the future I should think.

Regards Charles

Well, once again, I'm late to the party. Actually, Charles gave me a much appreciated phone call a couple of weeks ago. I figured it would be best for me to stay mum until he had a chance to announce his project--and what a project it is. Just beautiful. I'm sure everyone will be quite pleased with this very special model.

As far as no rib barrels are concerned, its an easy fix. I can order an extra barrel with rib and chokes if I want. Easy peasy. A problem is a problem only when there is no solution. This group has repeatedly proven that we are intelligent enough to always find a solution. So we do not have any problems. Wink

I just assumed the no rib barrel was to keep weight down, which is fine by me. Am I correct?

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

Elementary,Dan. Wink

Mr Hammack thank you very much for your hard work and dedication to the 16 guage. I was hoping someone from the society could help me on the subject of a rib. I am new to bird hunting. I have been reading as much as I can usally on this forum. I thought the purpose of a rib was to dissipate heat from the barrell avoiding any heat mirage usally needed when shooting clays. This appears to be a upland bird shotgun. Why would anybody need or want a rib on it? Are they using it to aim at birds? Or do they like to carry it around for miles when they are hunting? If anybody knows anything on the subject I could sure use some clarification. Thanks.

Thanks Mr. Hammack, wonderful work & ideas.

Cheers!