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Saturday, August 3. 2013

A nice little surprise - A 16 ga.

While in process of cleaning out my parents' house, we discovered where Dad had stashed the shotguns. This nice surprise, among other well-used field guns, had been one of my Grandpa's. 


It's not as if I needed more shotguns, but this is a 16 ga., which is a good thing.


You know what this is. Remington built this one. It's a fairly heavy SOB. I don't think I have used it since I was 15.


The bore is clean as a whistle. I will clean 'er up and use it again for both sentimental and practical reasons.

Posted by Bird Dog in Hunting, Fishing, Dogs, Guns, etc., Our Essays at 04:34 | Comments (9) | Trackbacks (0)

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I have an excess of riches, three shotguns including a very sweet Fox side-by-side, all in 16ga. It's getting hard finding a good variety of shells in that gauge these days. Dad and Grandpa were fervent believers that 12ga was overkill, and 20ga insufficient for turkeys, so I'm left with the obsolete gauge.

Glad you have that connection to your past, BD
#1 Dan D on 2013-08-03 08:12 (Reply)
Awesome. I got my Grandfathers .22 Winchester pump that I used as a kid for a couple years when he passed away. I eventually traded it for a Win Mod 92 clone so I could shoot cowboy action shooting. I don't really regret it but I kind of miss it.
#2 Gary Foster on 2013-08-03 08:17 (Reply)
A Remington model 11 is a nice one. Also called a Browning pattern Remington since it is just about a Browning A5.
#3 dorf on 2013-08-03 08:19 (Reply)
Those old shotguns are great and the Poly-choke on the end of the barrel is kind of dated but it made the gun versatile. Modern ammo kind of bridged the gap between 12 and 20 gauge but the 16 is still a sweet gun and a joy to shoot.

Great old guns like this one deserve to have at least ten more decades of use in the hands of family so I would suggest you write down stories and add old pictures of your grandpa to pass along with the gun.
#4 OldTexan on 2013-08-03 09:34 (Reply)
Isn't that a Cutts Compensator, rather than a Poly-choke?

That Browning-designed shotgun is a real beauty, Bird Dog, and your dad's and grand-dad's DNA in the furniture makes it a special treasure.

My dad liked the 16 gauge, too. His was a Winchester 24, side-by-side double -- I wish I had it, but it was stolen from him before he died.
#4.1 The Old Guy on 2013-08-03 20:19 (Reply)
Old Guy, I think you are right about that, I did not look close enough and thought is was a Poly-choke. Either way it is a hell of a gun but you have to get used to the whole barrel moving back when it cycles the shell. Thanks for the correction.
#4.1.1 OldTexan on 2013-08-03 21:14 (Reply)
I used that exact gun when I was a kid; 16 Ga. Remington on a Browning patent. It was my Grandfather's; my brother used it until Dad got him a 12 Ga. & the 16 got passed down to me. Unfortunately it was stolen about 20 years ago.

It also had a choke on the end, but IIRC it looked a little different; it wasn't vented like that. You twisted it clockwise or counterclockwise to set the choke. And yeah it was heavy!! My Dad grew up with it & he used a Browning "Light Twelve". I don't think the "Light" referred to the weight of that gun, but it wasn't quite as heavy as the Remington. And all those square-back Brownings are hefty.
#5 T.K. Tortch on 2013-08-03 10:15 (Reply)
That is so cool.

My old man sold almost his guns (allegedly) before he died, and I gave the .22 derringers to my brother when I found them. I did get a 9mm pistol, but it didn't have the imprint of "dad" in my head, it's just a hammer for a specialized kinda nail.

I did get an old M77 worm drive Skil circular saw though. I don't use it much, but that reminds me of him.
#6 William O. B'Livion on 2013-08-03 12:05 (Reply)
Please describe more old guns!
#7 David Zincavage (Link) on 2013-08-03 16:19 (Reply)

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