market, and it turned in a close-to-identical percentage, 64, compared with lead. 5 Bismuth shotshells that the firm is loading for the 16-ga. While at the patterning board, we also shot some of Kent’s new 1-oz. This load gave an average velocity of five shots over our chronograph of 1214 f.p.s.-very near the box-marked 1220 f.p.s. 6 Kent Ultimate Fast Lead loaded with its Diamond Shot that combines extra-hard lead shot with a proprietary coating. We found that this choke provided tight modified percentages, 66 percent, with No. made use of the Modified tube, as this would seem to be the most versatile.
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Part of the softened recoil is due to Browning’s Inflex II recoil pad that combines ultra-soft materials with its internal design that causes the pad to move the gun downward away from the cheek when absorbing recoil.īeing of 21st century design, the Sweet Sixteen comes with three choke tubes-Improved Cylinder (0.008″ constriction), Modified (0.012″) and Extra Full (0.045″).
In shooting patterns and hunting pheasants in the field, however, recoil was perceived to be mild. The test Sweet Sixteen weighed 5 lbs., 7 ozs., and, being of such a light weight, might be expected to portend excessive recoil. Sights on the new Browning consist of a red fiber-optic rod found near the muzzle and a white brass bead mounted mid-barrel. If a fresh round is present, it is released from the under-barrel tubular magazine, tripping the bolt release and causing the bolt to travel forward into battery. If there is not a fresh round in the magazine, the bolt is locked to the rear. When the gun’s recoil slows, the spring decompresses, allowing the lugs to be rotated into the open position and the stored inertia in the mass of the bolt to move it rearward. When the gun is discharged, the bolt remains stationary while a carefully calibrated spring tightens the grip of the locking lugs. A takeaway from semi-automatic military rifles, the rotating bolt engages matching recesses in the barrel extension when the action is in battery.
The A5 Sweet Sixteen’s Kinematic Drive uses a rotating bolt head ubiquitous to all inertia-operated shotguns. Browning’s Sweet Sixteen combines the original Auto-5’s aesthetic cues with the company’s more modern, inertia-operated Kinematic Drive system.