Now I know why I cannot find the gun I always wanted, a 16GA DH(E) Parker with 26" barrels choked IMP/MOD. You guys have bought them all! I need a bit longer length of pull (no, a slip on pad will not work) than the factory produced, so I would need stock work done. The initial purchase price, then additional stock work, puts them out of my budget. My first shotgun was given to me by my maternal grandfather. A 28GA, American Gun Company, SxS, hammer gun, still have that one. I never hit a bird with it. I never used a smaller gauge gun in bird hunting (quail exclusively) until I competed in NSTRA events. Due to the walking involved I bought a 20GA Franchi AL 48 because of the weight. Now there are no wild birds to hunt here any longer. If there were birds to hunt I would take a 16 as my all around gun.
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