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Mike, two or three of us will get as many as 110 - 120 crows by 9:30 a.m. on a good morning, in a pecan orchard. Big fun. I love tight choked doubles and no. 6s, with a load of 4s in the left barrel for the long ones. I've killed lots with 7 1/2s, but have learned that for the long ones the bigger shot is the deal.

Best, SRH

I hunt with several sixteens - a T/A Grade 1 with 26” Laminated Steel barrels; a Lifter Grade 3 with 27” Parker-made Laminated Steel barrels; a GHE with 26” Damascus Steel barrels; a GH with 26” Damascus Steel barrels; a DHE with 26” Titanic Steel barrels..... and I think that’s all...

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I acquired a heavy 16 ga in 2019. I had been chasing this configuration for a long time and I finally reeled it in after nearly a year of watching thanks to a fine PGCA friend.

"The Nightmare" was built in 1910 - this 16 ga VHE 32" F/F straight grip splinter with a pad was shipped to San Francisco with specific request it be built on a 1 1/2 frame and chambered 2 7/8" with 4 lbs of trigger pull.

The gun is perfect for me. It arrived in very high condition (which is frankly wasted on me as I mostly seek out guns based on configuration not condition) and I would not change a thing. I cannot see ever selling it. It will spend much time in my hands during waterfowl hunts - already recording numerous doubles in both Canada and the Vanderbilt Marsh. So far I have used 2 3/4" KM 1 1/16oz #5 loads but with the full chokes it has proven deadly on all types from big ducks to teal.

Together with my long barreled 20's -3 frame 12 and 6 frame 10 - I feel my duck and goose lineup is finally complete.

A great gun Mark and a wonderful lineup of waterfowl guns.

Your post makes me wonder if you ever hunted with the 26” DHE 16 I bought from you...?

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Dean - I have scanned my history and I do not recall that gun. I have owned a very limited number of short barreled guns and the shortest 16 DHE I find was a 28" gun I sold to a friend about 5 years back. How long ago was this transaction. My records are thorough but I expect not perfect???

About 5 or 6 years ago. I could have sworn it was you... certainly somebody with the initials MK.... maybe Marty Koehler?

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Mark, that is a unique and impressive 16! I notice that all the guns in the picture are straight hand stocked...that must have been the result of serendipitous or lengthy searches (my guess is both), but in any event, an impressive arsenal. Enjoy your hunting. I'm sure there's great satisfaction taking a bird with any of those beauties.

Salivating over Mark's pictures . . . .:envy::envy::envy:

Of course, I've "completed" my collection a few times and it has not lasted yet

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Originally Posted by Ed Norman (Post 285468)

Romac,
Are you the same Romac thats in the fox forum? Your collection of guns is just so impressive. So are the pictures you post over there.

Yeah, I'm the same guy. I like to keep things simple so I use the same contraction of my full name almost everywhere.

I'm glad you like some of my guns. My philosophy is this; If I work too hard to go hunting as much as I'd like to, I buy interesting toys as a reward. When things slow down I hunt more and don't need to scratch the same itch.

I tell my wife that a well diversified retirement portfolio needs at 15% - 20% of it in a gun nut 401K!