I would buy one tomorrow, the 16 is my favorite shotgun gauge. I guess it comes from growing up in an area where most all of the old timers used 16s. I had an NEF 16 for a while, it didn't shoot very good but that was before I learned all the tricks from this site, now that I am about finished with my turkey/predator shotgun, I will probably buy another 16 but it sure would be nice to have screw in chokes, walnut stock and vent rib