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This one is really tight. Like I posted above the cyl tube measures .005 constriction(really skeet 1), the IC - .011(skeet 2), Mod - .0185(Heavy mod). The load tested in the other post was with a European wad no longer imported that has a reputation for really tight loads.

I spent a few days last week in South Dakota on private ground that gets hunted some. Can't remember that I had any shots under 30 yards. Got limits on two days and 2 birds the third day that was a shorter time hunting. Gun was a SxS 16 ga shooting home loaded 1 1/8-5s through IC/Mod chokes...

Opening day I got my 3 birds with 4 shots, one of them I put a second shot into as it was falling into the cover. Ended the weekend with 5 birds on 8 shots. The two misses came on a distant bird that got up as I was regaining balance from catching a foot in the weeds. That will probably jinx me...

I'm not interested in such high velocities. I've had great luck with my 16 SxS using home loaded 1 1/8-5s at anywhere from 1230-1275 for the different loads. Several times doing better than the others in the group using 12 ga high velocity factory loads, may of been the difference in centered...

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According to a sticky post on 16ga.com, bore diameters vary by manufacturer with several listed. My Dickinson Estate SxS measures .6675, Citori Invector barrels were said to measure .667 My choke tubes are a bit tight, but give nice patterns. Just close to one notch tighter than marked. My...

I use IC and Mod in my SxS 16, but with my 1 1/8-5s loads it patterns a bit tighter than marked.

Last years trip to South Dakota left me pretty unhappy with my shooting. I've had a Doall manual thrower for years but my wife can't cock it and I was getting less practice. Bought a Champion Wheelybird 2 with the remote. Practiced off and on all summer, mostly at an angle away from the trap...

In my younger years I had big buck fever, put 3 160"+ whitetail on the wall. All came from the home place. The older I get the less the big ones matter to me. I've put a buck and two does in the freezer every year for groceries for at least 30 years, those old bucks get kind of tough. I do all...

In addition to all the gym work and hiking, lately I've been cutting hedge posts for a cousin. Over 250 so far, sawing about 2-2 1/2 hours at a time. At 70 years old it's getting kind of tiring. Also gone through about 3 boxes of clays over the last couple months. Sure looking forward to that...

I've always been a fan of the SxS. Shot quail early on with the family Stevens 311 hammer 12 ga. Then went through a progression of Mossberg 500 16 ga, 870 12, 1100 12, and my pheasant magnet Beretta m391 12 and 686 Onix Sporting. These days my SxS is a Dickinson Estate 16 ga, the stock could...

I live 45 minutes from 10,000 feet and we go up there regularly to hike and keep our lungs working. Wow, makes my workout seem easy. I live at 850 ft and the neighboring hill I hike peaks at 1015.

I was shooting clays regularly here at home, but the corn is over head high now right where I throw so I'm waiting for harvest. At 70 years old I need to work to be ready. 5 days a week at the gym on several of the weight machines and then alternate days 30 minutes on the treadmill or 20 on the...

Double triggers were never a problem for me,actually prefer them except in really cold weather when I have to wear heavy gloves. I switch back and forth between my double trigger SxS, my semi auto and my OU with no problem.

Cheesy and I were in South Dakota before the ice storm. This pic is from our last day when he was carrying his TriStar G2 Bronze 20 ga with Mod choke. I had my Dickinson Estate 16 ga, IC/Mod with 1 1/8 oz 5s. Both chokes pattern tighter than marked so I used a looser patterning load in the I/C...

I've thought about one of those pads for one of my guns, but it doesn't have enough cast off and the pad would only make that worse

Went to South Dakota last week and had a blast. We’ve decided not to go to western Kansas for the first time in nearly 30 years. Just not worth it after seeing so many birds last week

Dickinson Estate 16 ga

I have the Dickinson Estate SxS in 16 ga. It's been my main bird gun for about 6 years now. It did bust the mainspring a couple years ago, sent it to the Oregon shop that does the warranty work and they fixed it under warranty. Other than that, the only complaint I have is the chemical case...

No idea. I remember a statement by I think Jack O'Connor a few decades ago that said true cylinder chokes tended to give a donut pattern, light coverage in the center. Said a couple thousandths constriction made a more even pattern. I have seen posts by other Dickinson owners that their chokes...