I like 16s too! I only have one, DHE 16 transitional gun, 30" vent rib. I wouldn't call it an upland gun but I expect it would be nice on a sporting clays course or dove field or maybe even a duck blind.

I love the 16! I don't discriminate I shoot: Parker, Fox, Ithaca, RBL and AYA.
This is my favorite little VH 0 Frame factory 28" Cyl/Mod.
Bob Jurewicz

I am also a big fan of the 16. I hunt and shoot with 2 Trojan guns, one completely original and in pretty good shape, the other was completely redone. A VHE skeet gun, a PH with 32” barrels and lovely 0 frame GH w/ 28” barrels. A 20 gauge VHE gets thrown in the mix also, I really like a 0 frame gun for carrying in the grouse/woodcock woods.

Pretty much all of my grouse hunting is with a 16ga. DH (circa 1894). Why? Romance, history, lore, mystique. 16’s seems right for old upland guns. The first shotgun that I ever covered was a used 16ga M12 in the rack at the local sporting good store when I was 15. (I now have one in my safe, just because). I don’t think there is any technical, performance-related reason to shoot a 16, but an old Parker in 16 just seems right.

I've managed to put together a few 16's..3 VH O frames. Straight and Pistol. 2 GH O frames..Straight and pistol..Top lever Hammer with cut frame....and a nice Trojan. I have more 16s than the number of quail that I've seen on my farm this year..But...just in case..I won't turn down another !

I agree with Setter Man. My go to grouse/woodcock gun is a 16ga DH of 1902 vintage. It is an O frame with 26' barrels choked SK and Lt Mod with double triggers. I figure who ever ordered this gun new what he was about when it came to upland hunting in New England. I do have a Fox A grade 16 that is my early season gun when the leaves are thick. It has 26" barrels, cut from 28" by a previous owner, with the resulting chokes of Cyc and Sk. With a weight of 6Lbs it is a joy to carry.

I've said for years now that if for some reason I could only have one shotgun, it would be a sixteen gauge!!

Without a doubt, The 16 is my favorite gauge!!!!!!

I too love the 16. I must because I have a few of them but nary a one is a Parker. I've looked for a Parker 16 G grade or higher for years but when I had the money I couldn't find the gun and of course when I found the gun no money. Here's my well used Remington 1894 with a couple of timber chickens.

I'd hate to admit how many 16's I have but it's a favorite for both clays and game. My go to sporting clays gun is The Hollywood gun a two barrel set straight grip with all the options. Upland guns used this year included a Fox Sterlingworth, Purdey, LeFever Optimus, GHE, VHE. I didn't hunt with more of them than I did use:banghead: A hammer gun will definitely go to Georgia quail hunting.

All my upland hunting is now with a 16 ga Cogswell and Harrison hammerless with 28 in barrels, choked M/F. Or, a 16 ga Jules Pierre Belgian hammer gun with 30 in barrels, choked IC/F. Both are light, pleasant to carry and hit hard with the appropriate 2 1/2 in RST loads.