Late Meriden GH 16g Skeet Gun

[Bill Murphy]

The linked thread tells it all. However, in a nutshell, skeet is largely classified by shot weight except that you can't shoot a bigger gun than the class you are in. The 16 could always shoot in the 12 gauge class. Dick Shaughnessy won a National Championship in 12 gauge class in 1936 shooting a 16 gauge Model 21. I'm sure many championships have been won over the years with the 16, but this is the only known National Championship won with the 16. Today, many NSSA championships in the 12 gauge class are won with the 20 gauge gun, including World Championships, which are the same as the old National Championships, renamed.