[Bruce Day]

80,000 rounds later and the only part that loosened on my old ( 1921) PHE 16ga was the forend lug, which had to be resoldered. The hinge is still tight. Oh, and the hammer springs had to be replaced, and the ejector springs, and the top lever spring, the bolt plate replaced, the checkering recut, the barrels reblued, the stock refinished, and the trigger sears recut, and the ejector sears recut.....but other than that the action is tight, and most of those have been factory shells, and for the last 40 years 1 oz Rem and Win loads. More recently I've gone to 7/8oz loads for clays. Might help make the old girl last.

Here's the decrepit, well used 16ga, on the bottom...the top one is Charlie's usual bird gun, a VHE 12ga.