What to get 16 or 12 gauge

Well my answer isn’t that simple. I have a question, what is the intended use? Skeet, clay shooting or hunting? Then what kind of hunting? What is your physical condition, age and how often will you shoot it. The 12 is cheaper to shoot. The 16 has a smaller frame. There are a million 12’s. Not so many 16’s.
I would have to say that my 16 did a very fine job on skeet field and it has less recoil. If you have a 16 then your one of the cool cats, cause most people have 12’s.
If you should want to reload in the future,
And it’s very enjoyable for me, more relaxing then anything, the 16 would be the best cause reloading the 12 anymore isn’t really cost savings when they are usually 4.99 a box. I guess it comes down to personal choice. Would you rather drive a Ferrari or a Ford? Now if you can have both, you got the best of both worlds.
If your gonna shoot skeet with the 12 gauge it will get boring. Lot more challenging with a smaller bore.

The 16 is an awesome bird gun. I don’t shoot 1 1/8 anymore. I shoot way to much. You can do the same thing with 7/8 or 1 oz on the skeet field. 16 will do just fine on pheasant. I haven’t done any turkey hunting in years, I usually use a 10 gauge for that.
The poly choke works. Just not a fan. It’s ugly and way to big to have on the end of my barrel. If that’s all that is available then yes it’s better then no choke, but the screw in chokes have been perfected down to the T. They can be put in almost everything now so why not.

Aubie can you buy just one? These things are like chocolate. You can’t just have one. Either one he gets it won’t be long until he gets another.

Well which ever one you get, you will be happy with. You can’t go wrong with an A5 in my book. Best semi auto ever made.

The 16 was a complete new design. It is close to the 20, but not really built on the 20 frame. Some are scaled down, from some manufacturers, but not the 16 a5. The light 20 is pretty light. I will have to see which weighs more. I bet Rudolph31 probably knows that.

If weight is a concern then go with 16 for sure. My 12 mag is really heavy. Not sure I would want to carry it all day in the field. After about 6-7 rounds of skeet with either 12 mag or light 12 I am looking for a break.

Well I stand corrected. I was thinking it was a complete new design. Thanks for setting that straight.

From what I know, sure I will be corrected if not, there were a few changes, but pretty much the same. I believe the sweet 16 had some holes drilled in barrel ring to help reduce weight, but don’t think it really saved to much. I know my Belgium 12 had holes drilled in the stock, and some metal removed from the receiver to make it lighter.

The other thing you may wanna think about is the speed load function. Not for everyone, but I love it. My 16 does not have it, not even sure it can be done. All of my 12s have it. Some I converted and some came like that. It can be a lot of work to convert it but it can be done.

So wait a minute. I just read the whole 16/ 20 thing again. If the 20 was made 32 years after his death then I was right. The question was is the 16 built off the 20 gauge frame. Not the other way around.......