Dakotazeb
Well-known member
I've had a 1960 Sweet Sixteen for over 7 years and have really grown to love it. But it does get a little heavy at times. So I bit the bullet today and bought a new Sweet with 26" barrel. Took it on it's first hunt and missed a fairly easy shot. I hit one other rooster that flew a couple hundred yards over a hill and died in mid air. But Bree and I looked for 20-30 minutes and could not find it. Since it flew over a little hill I was unable to pinpoint the exact stop it went down and the CRP was about 5' high and thick.
It sure is a light, easy to carry gun and I didn't find the recoil to be bad at all and I was shooting the Federal PF loads at 1,425 fps. I hope I start hitting with it but it does come up different than my old Sweet. I didn't trade my 1960 Sweet in and will keep it until I know the new one is going to work for me.
Here is something interesting. The over all length of the new A5 is 2.5" longer than my 1960 model and both have 26" barrels. It's all in that long action.
It sure is a light, easy to carry gun and I didn't find the recoil to be bad at all and I was shooting the Federal PF loads at 1,425 fps. I hope I start hitting with it but it does come up different than my old Sweet. I didn't trade my 1960 Sweet in and will keep it until I know the new one is going to work for me.
Here is something interesting. The over all length of the new A5 is 2.5" longer than my 1960 model and both have 26" barrels. It's all in that long action.