Pulled out some 16 ga. Components this morning. A club guy wanted some 16 ga. wads to experiment with to try his hand at light field load he was looking to reload. I have two styles of Remington that will work for him. They are old but very well stored away and fresh.
The Remington Long Range Expresses in 7 1/2 is/was a great dove shell. Worked as well for stocked pheasants, rabbits and squirrels for me.
Back in those years I never found a nice cherry condition used M12, 870 Wingmaster or 1100. I guess I never looked hard enough or put the time into it. If I would have I most likely got bit with the 16 ga. Bug for life. I never got hooked on my SxS that much.
Thought I’d post a pic. Shells in forefront are some old vintage 16 ga. factory shells. Never shot one. Have a few partial boxes of Gramps old 16 ga. shells.
I had done some reloading of 16 gauge with an old Lee hand loader set up. That sucked to the max. Started reloading 12 ga. on a new MEC around ‘77 or ‘78. If I had it to do all over again I should have just bought a new 1100 or Wingmaster in 16 ga.
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The Remington Long Range Expresses in 7 1/2 is/was a great dove shell. Worked as well for stocked pheasants, rabbits and squirrels for me.
Back in those years I never found a nice cherry condition used M12, 870 Wingmaster or 1100. I guess I never looked hard enough or put the time into it. If I would have I most likely got bit with the 16 ga. Bug for life. I never got hooked on my SxS that much.
Thought I’d post a pic. Shells in forefront are some old vintage 16 ga. factory shells. Never shot one. Have a few partial boxes of Gramps old 16 ga. shells.
I had done some reloading of 16 gauge with an old Lee hand loader set up. That sucked to the max. Started reloading 12 ga. on a new MEC around ‘77 or ‘78. If I had it to do all over again I should have just bought a new 1100 or Wingmaster in 16 ga.
