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What do you guys think the best semi-auto 16 gauge shotgun is?
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there are not a lot of options for 16..
the hump back is a great gun. It has been around forever and parts are available.
Can't go wrong with the original sweet 16 or a new model. I don't have a 16 gauge but own am original a5 light 12 and a new model a5 hunter. Both are fantastic hunting guns.I bet @whacko has thoughts. And I'd not be surprised if they're in a similar vein...
I only have limited experience with shotguns, but am absolutely in love with my Model 11 (A5 clone) so I'm working on faith the sweet 16 is as goodCan't go wrong with the original sweet 16 or a new model. I don't have a 16 gauge but own am original a5 light 12 and a new model a5 hunter. Both are fantastic hunting guns.
I also like to 10. Have a double barrel. Very old, grandfather passed it down, I think it weighs 20 POUNDSI’m more a 10 gauge magnum semi auto man myself... Even more, get an 8 if I could find one...
+1 for Browning A5
The long recoil action is amazing. And that jmb patented it in 1897 staggers my imagination.I only have limited experience with shotguns, but am absolutely in love with my Model 11 (A5 clone) so I'm working on faith the sweet 16 is as good
The new a5 sweet 16.....or any of the new model a5 are notThere's not much out there in 16 for autoloaders. The "new" A5 sweet sixteen is a gas gun. It has no where near the look and feel of the old ones. Its got an aluminium reciever and no scrolling or engraving. It is light and does feel nice.
The "old" A-5 sweet sixteen is probably the most popular, I have 2 of them. a Belgian that I got used, a Jap, that I bought brand new when they came back out in 1986 as my first deer gun, with a deer barrel. I still hunt with them both, and they've taken a bunch of birds and deer. Steel reciever, with beautiful engraving, and rich polished bluing, excellent wood to metal fit and excellent quality. They don't make many guns in steel and wood like that anymore. You would be lucky to find one in good condition.
There might be a Remington Model 11 sportsman in 16, but its got no where near the fit and finish of a Browning.
CZ might make one, I know they make 16 doubles and O/U's.
The new a5 sweet 16.....or any of the new model a5 are not
gas guns. They are an inertia drive gun that Browning calls kinimatic drive.
And when they first came out many called them the brownelliIts basically a variant of the Benelli interia drive.
The new a5 sweet 16.....or any of the new model a5 are not
gas guns. They are an inertia drive gun that Browning calls kinimatic drive.
Yes ^
The original Browning Auto 5 "Sweet 16", whether Belgian or Japanese, is commanding premium prices. Awesome classic and solid shooter though.
The new Sweet sixteen is probably the way to go as it will be new with a warranty, cost no more, and be worry-free.
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i often thought about all JMB patents? i also wonder how many designs where bought up in the attempt to keep competition at minimum.The long recoil action is amazing. And that jmb patented it in 1897 staggers my imagination.
I have the 12 gauge A5 with the deer slayer barrel and choke system barrel as well. I believe it's called invector choke.My older Sweet 16 is a very nice shotgun. What makes it even nicer is both its like new condition and the additional, very rare, buck barrel. I know, I know. No applause please.
i often thought about all JMB patents? i also wonder how many designs where bought up in the attempt to keep competition at minimum.
ICRS, but i thought i heard somewhere Winchester bought JMB designs just to hide them away?
Something like for every JMB design Winchester produced they bought 5 more and burned them
i often thought about all JMB patents? i also wonder how many designs where bought up in the attempt to keep competition at minimum.
ICRS, but i thought i heard somewhere Winchester bought JMB designs just to hide them away?
Something like for every JMB design Winchester produced they bought 5 more and burned them
Something like that
I do know his last patent came after his death for the M2 machine gun in 1927" 1927 and his designs are still going.
Winchester bought many of jmb designs and buried them. What makes the a5 design so special is that it broke the relationship between Winchester and jmb. Browning felt the a5 design was so good he asked Winchester for royalties on each shotgun sold rather than the standard flat rate he had always received. Winchester refused. Browning took the design to Remington and the CEO died before he got to present it to him.......so jmb went out on his own with fn in Belgium. It was the first gun to bare his companies name brand. He did sell the rights to manufacture to Remington and Savage. The rights being sold to Remington causes some confusion among auto 5 fans. You'll hear a few owners of the Remington model 11 that say the model 11 was the first semi auto shotgun not the Browning a5.....when in fact the model 11 was the first semi auto shotgun MADE IN THE USA. browning was manufacturing them in beigium prior to Remington making the model 11 at their American factory. The model 11 is technically a clone of the long recoil action but lacks the magazine cutoff lever that the original browning design has.i often thought about all JMB patents? i also wonder how many designs where bought up in the attempt to keep competition at minimum.
ICRS, but i thought i heard somewhere Winchester bought JMB designs just to hide them away?
Something like for every JMB design Winchester produced they bought 5 more and burned them
Something like that
I do know his last patent came after his death for the M2 machine gun in 1927" 1927 and his designs are still going.