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16gauge...Looking at buying should I?
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<blockquote data-quote="shortgrass" data-source="post: 1069196" data-attributes="member: 8362"><p>The plus, the 16g. throws a little more shot and is built on a smaller frame than a 12g,,, if it is a quality made shotgun to begin with. It hasn't the recoil of a 12g. It has nostalgia. On the 'minus' side, shells aren't available every where although more places carry them than in recent years past, maybe even WM if your gun will shoot them (recoil & gas operated guns require a 'standard' load, many WM shells are below the std. loading is shot weight & dram equivalent). Go ahead and satisfy your 'want', but I'd avoid the Model 11 or the Savage and go with the A-5. The Savage has an aluminum receiver and most were used hard. The model 11 was a well made gun, but again, it was a user gun and most were used hard, parts can be hard to get for either one, too. Not all Browning parts will fit the Sav. or the Rem. even though they are similar. A plus for the Browning, new parts are still available and you will find more of them that have had better care than the others.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="shortgrass, post: 1069196, member: 8362"] The plus, the 16g. throws a little more shot and is built on a smaller frame than a 12g,,, if it is a quality made shotgun to begin with. It hasn't the recoil of a 12g. It has nostalgia. On the 'minus' side, shells aren't available every where although more places carry them than in recent years past, maybe even WM if your gun will shoot them (recoil & gas operated guns require a 'standard' load, many WM shells are below the std. loading is shot weight & dram equivalent). Go ahead and satisfy your 'want', but I'd avoid the Model 11 or the Savage and go with the A-5. The Savage has an aluminum receiver and most were used hard. The model 11 was a well made gun, but again, it was a user gun and most were used hard, parts can be hard to get for either one, too. Not all Browning parts will fit the Sav. or the Rem. even though they are similar. A plus for the Browning, new parts are still available and you will find more of them that have had better care than the others. [/QUOTE]
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