10 Truths About 16 Gauge Ammo Most Owners Never Know

10 Truths About 16 Gauge Ammo Most Owners Never Know The Bench Book, The Rip-Off Check and the 60-Second Checklist: https://dylanbenett.com A man brings his father's century-old 16 gauge double to my bench with a box of brand new high-velocity pheasant loads. One man told him the gauge is dead and offered him a hundred dollars. Another told him that if a shell fits, it fires. Both were wrong, and the reason is on the barrels. In this video: - Why the 16 gauge is named after its own one-ounce load, and the truth about the "square load" - How a 1926 rulebook, cheaper 12-gauge frames and the 3-inch 20 gauge magnum pushed the 16 aside - A side-by-side test: is the 16 really slower than a 12? - Why there is no 3-inch 16, and what "magnum" on a box of 16s really means - Purple hulls, buckshot, slugs and non-toxic loads for the 16 - The ten-second daylight check every owner of an old shotgun should do before loading a modern shell