Hi Chuck, look at the thread before yours about shell length for the 28 ga, and everyone says they are shooting 2 3/4" shells out of 2 1/2" chambers, no problem. Your 16 VH should handle modern game loads without a hiccup. I shoot them out of my VH 16, up to 1 1/8 oz loads. I'm betting your gun has been fed a steady diet of modern 2 3/4" loads. I shoot standard loads thru my other steel barreled Parkers, a VH 20, VHE 20, PH 20, and DHE 16. I am more particular with my damascus guns, shooting 2 1/2" shells thru them. I shoot alot of 3/4 oz loads in 20's and 7/8 oz loads in 16's when shooting clays just to lesson the recoil.
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