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 ...

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 ...

For many years, the 16-gauge was considered the near-perfect shotgun chambering. Falling between the larger 12 and smaller 20, it offered the right amount of firepower for medium-sized birds like ...