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The Following 2 Users Say Thank You to Randy G Roberts For Your Post: |
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The Following 3 Users Say Thank You to Mike Koneski For Your Post: |
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The Following 2 Users Say Thank You to Mike Koneski For Your Post: |
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The Following User Says Thank You to Brett Hoop For Your Post: |
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John:
For a gauge that reputedly a broad swath of the nation's shot-gunners have deemed passé, your inquiry has generated a very long-legged thread, on our Forum. I shoot casual skeet with a couple of O/U guys, and with whom I have had no success turning on to the Romance of vintage guns....with one exception. One of the fellows several years ago got curious enough to ask to try my Parker VH-16 for a round. Full chokes in both 28-inch barrels, a 1-frame, 6 pounds, eight ounces. He shot a superb round, and obvious was his delight in "vaporizing", rather than merely "disassembling", a number of the clays. Since that day he has shot it again on occasion, and has a standing offer before me to buy the gun when I am ready to let it go. Thirty years my junior, he may well eventually become its next owner. It is probably a good thing that so many gunners consider a 16-gauge of marginal practicality. It has to make their acquisition more feasible for some of us.
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I have two 16's. A 28" J.P. Sauer knock about, with Krupp (3 ring marked) barrels:
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Bruce A. Hering Program Coordinator/Lead Instructor (retired) Shotgun Team Coach, NSCA Level III Instructor Southeastern Illinois College AMM 761 |
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The Following 5 Users Say Thank You to Bruce Hering For Your Post: |
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People who appreciate the 16 gauge, like people who appreciate the sxs, are a minority but a minority that understands a good gun.
I have lost count, have one on the way and have another one that is bugging me.
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