I admire the 16 for many reasons and have more than I need. For me it's a more direct link to the past...and it's sort of the "odd man out" in today's shooting world. I like that.
My Parker 16s include composite barrel examples in all grades up to BH (higher is above my pay grade). My most cherished is a Bernard barreled CHE built on the 0 frame weighing in at 6 lbs. It doesn't get out much to hunt, but it gets admired a good deal.
Long live the 16!
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"Doubtless the good Lord could have made a better game bird than bobwhite, and better country to hunt him in...but equally doubtless, he never did." -- Guy de la Valdene (from A Handful of Feathers )
"'I promise you,' he said, 'on my word of honor, I won't die on the opening of the bird season.'" -- Robert Ruark (from The Old Man and the Boy)
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