Recently sold a shooter 0 frame 16 and replaced it with a 1 frame 16 which I shoot much better.The one frame also fits me better. Making frame size to fit the ga. was one of the many good things Parker Bros. did well. My ideas on hunting and frame size and wt. of shotguns are as follows. duck hunting and shooting doves the hunter sits and waits on the birds. He not walking the grouse coverts or prairies for sharptails but sitting and not lugging the gun as he walks. Therefore a heavy gun is not problem. I use a 7 1/2 lb. DH on doves. Today, many skeet guns wt. over 8 and have 30 or 32 in barrels. Once you get the gun swinging it is hard to stop, but they would not be fun carry all day on a bird hunt. Walking I like a gun of 7 or under. My o frame 16 wt. was 6lb. 2 oz. and was too light for me. My 1 frame 16 wt. is 6 1/2 and works for me. These are just my ideas and but everyone is different.
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