Anybody ever use a 16 gauge?

It'll be good for anything smaller than waterfowl, realistically, and can even take waterfowl if you can find a hot load and get them close enough. I never reached for the 16 for that, though, always the 12. Good luck finding shells, though. Not just in being able to actually find them, but some shot sizes are not being produced in numbers, if at all, and variety is getting hard to find when you do find shells.

I have an 870 Wingmaster in 16 that my grandpa bought my dad in the 60s that he gave to me that's pretty much relegated to the "I'll kill you if you try to take this gun from me because it means so much, but I'll have to beat you to death with it instead of shooting you" pile. It's put a lot of food on the table, but I don't see it putting any more.

Reading articles about shotgunning in past - like 70-80 years ago. It was much better thought of then. Before wads had the cup around the shot load, it was considered the best 1 oz shotshell bc the shot load was square.

Shells are a little harder to find but there are def out there

I have a 1961 Sweet Sixteen,,,,once a year I bring it out to shoot some doves,,,,,I don’t pass steel shot through it, but if you could still shoot lead I’d shoot ducks with it.

I have a Sears bolt action 16ga. my Father gave me years ago that was given to him by his Dad shortly before he passed away.I recently lost my Father a few months back and I gave it to my 14 year old son a few weeks after my Dads passing. He was missing his PawPaw something awful and was completely devastated. He wanted something that belonged to his PawPaw and I felt like the timing was right to pass it along. I came home the other night and he asked if I would take it out of the gun safe so he could keep it in his room. He has several other guns in the safe but has never asked to keep any of them in his room before so I told him that it would be fine but to first let me get him a small safe for his room to keep it in. He said he already had somewhere to safely put it before leading me to his room to show me where he had in mind.. He had already taken some spare wood out of my shop and built himself a single gun rack so it could placed above his bed. He's a great kid but I was never able to interest him in helping me with wood working projects out in my shop despite trying to many times.I had to step outside for a bit to compose myself knowing that keeping his PawPaws gun in his room with him all the time meant that much to him.Sorry for rambling but I just wanted to share that story.

I have a 1938 Auto 5 that only takes 2 9/16 shells that I hunt doves with. I buy the shells several cases at a time from a company that makes them especially for this gun.

The gun almost looks mint and handles like a wet dream.

Buy it. I have a 50 yr old Ithica 16 ga pump that ejects the shells from the bottom. Love it. Great rabbit gun. Was good for ducks with lead shot. Haven’t been duck hunting in 30 years. So, I don’t know how effective it is with steel shot. You can get shells for doves and rabbits at Cabelas, Walmart, and Academy. Federal makes #1 buckshot (great for home defense). Bought some from Midway USA 5 or 6 years ago for about $3.50 per box of 5 shells. But the shipping costs added about $1.50 per box. Probably much more expensive now.

My uncle had a Belgium made Browning Sweet 16 he squirrel hunted with religiously.

it was a bad arse piece of equipment

Used to rabbit hunt with an old Parker Brothers side by side. Love that gun. Its been retired.

Have a sweet 16 that I take pheasant hunting every year. Great gun