The shotgun always sat in the same place, a corner in the old farmhouse bedroom next to the closet. It was not a Sweet Sixteen by any means. It was plain Jane, more utilitarian like the tractors ...

Only one frontier remains in the shotgun world, and only one manufacturer is poised to cross it. That frontier is the 16-gauge, which is all but extinct thanks to a couple of factors. One is the lack ...

During the latter part of the 19 th century and first half of the 20 th, the 16-gauge shotgun was a very popular bore size, especially for upland hunting applications. Often referred to by admirers as ...

Browning’s introduction of the A5 semiauto in Sweet 16 should, I hope, raise the 16 gauge’s profile a little. With the Sweet 16, Browning did it right. Rather than put a 16-gauge barrel on a 12-gauge ...

It would be rash to say there's fresh interest in 16-gauge shotguns, but hunters that have these forgotten classics are fiercely loyal to them. We recently revisited the 16-gauge after my friend Jess ...