I hate to use the word obsolete, but reality is, that's the word that best describes it. And to be honest, looking at the 3" 20 gauge loads and the ligher 12 gauge loads, often overlapped the 16, so after a while, they were mostly phased out and obsolete. So, load development didn't advance like 12 and 20 gauge did. Well, that story goes way back to when they were standardizing for skeet shooting. I'm not sure exactly why 16GA has fallen out of popularity as compared to a 12 or 20 GA. I have always favored an older model shotgun and am thrilled I found this. 870 seems to be my best bet for partridge hunting. I have been looking for a 16 GA pump for awhile and the Rem. The shotgun is in about 85-90% condition, found it tucked away with some other old guns at a local gun show. Upon further magnification the marks do appear to be XXX. It saves a ton of money.īut that old stevens, love or money wouldn't buy that gun from me. That's why I bought a Lee Load-All shell reloader so I can reload my own. If you can't kill it with a 16 gauge, you're not going to do any better with a 12 gauge.Īmmo availability is not as good as many others, and prices are a little higher than many others too. But once it was, has been worth every penny that I paid for it. It was dirty, the barrel had so much plastic fouling in it that I had to use a drill with a cleaning rod chucked in it to clean it up. My other is an old pre-68 Montgomery Wards pump (made by Noble shotguns). That old gun and I spent a lot of time together on cool foggy mornings for sure. Needless to say, it was the terror of the mountains for a wide range of animals ranging from squirrels, grouse, rabbit and turkeys. My Dad gave it to me when I was 13 years old. My first shotgun was a Stevens model 94 in 16 gauge. I truly love my 16 gauge shotguns and seeing this makes me truly envious.
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