November, 1921 
FOREST AND STREAM 
527 
THE SIXTEEN GAUGE 
SHOTGUN 
( Continued from page 504 ) 
F ROM these figures we see that, on 
the average, 12-gauge field-loads are 
very slightly faster and from 13 to 30 
per cent, more powerful than corre- 
sponding loads in the 16. This means 
that the shooter of the smaller gauge 
contends against this handicap when 
competing with the 12 or when using a 
16 in place of a 12. The big-gun shooter 
can use this advantage in pattern in 
either of two ways : In denser patterns in 
guns of equal choke, or in wider patterns 
of the same density as those given by the 
16. In other words, a strongly modified 
choke 12 shoots just as close patterns as 
a full choke 16 and at the same time 
gives the shooter a larger pattern to use 
in connecting with the game. In addi- 
tion to this a modified choke pattern is 
usually more evenly distributed at the 
outer edge of the pattern than one fired 
from a full-choke gun of any gauge. 
There is, therefore, less chance of a 
missed, crippled, or mangled bird on a 
moderately well-held shot. 
In field - shooting, therefore, the 
shooter of the 16 has an advantage of 
about one pound in weight of gun, an 
additional advantage in weight of am- 
munition carried and a consequent gain 
in speed in getting on rapidly-moving 
objects. As a result he gains a slight 
advantage in yardage on snap-shots. On 
the other hand he is always shooting 
against a 13 to 30 per cent, advantage 
in pattern and consequent killing-power 
of the 12. There is no mystery or bluff 
about it. It is simply a case of applied 
physics and mechanics. If the gunner 
finds that he is obtaining better results 
with the 16 than with the 12 it is be- 
cause he is placing a higher percentage 
of the dense portions of his patterns on 
the game. The larger gauge gun shoots 
harder and kills better, but he is able to 
make better practical use of the energy 
that the charge supplies. 
One of the commonest ways of trying 
to obtain an equality or an advantage 
for certain 16 or 20-gauge loads over 
corresponding charges in the 12 is to- 
reduce the shot size in the smaller bore 
This, of course, gives an increase in 
the density of pattern. It also gives a 
decrease in velocity, especially at the 
longer ranges. 
At 20 yards 8’s will make clean kills 
on all small game, but at 50 to 60 yards 
a charge of 8’s is merely an aggravation 
and is a splendid example of the futility 
of depending altogether upon high 
muzzle velocities for results. 
"T 1 HE only fair way to compare differ- 
*■ ent gauges and loads and obtain an 
accurate conclusion is to compare loads 
of the same shot sizes that develop ap- 
proximately equal velocities. Speed and 
accuracy of fire should be compared 
with guns built in proportion to the 
gauges and loads under discussion. In 
every case the results on effectiveness 
of load will be in favor of the larger 
gauge. 
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