Smith and Wesson Shotgun question

**slug2thegut** · October 13th, 2009, 11:23 AM

my dad has had this gun since the late 70s we won playing poker at some guys house well the time came for me to recieve he felt i was straight enough in life to finally recieve it as mine it is a 12 ga. smith & wesson Pump action eastfield model 916-A made in springfield, mass. and i was wondering if any one could give me info on the gun as in value and if collectors or not

**theo** · October 13th, 2009, 11:29 AM

Originally Posted by slug2thegut

my dad has had this gun since the late 70s we won playing poker at some guys house well the time came for me to recieve he felt i was straight enough in life to finally recieve it as mine it is a 12 ga. smith & wesson Pump action eastfield model 916-A made in springfield, mass. and i was wondering if any one could give me info on the gun as in value and if collectors or not

First of all, how about a little punctuation?

Look on Gunbroker for comparables.

**GuyMontag** · October 13th, 2009, 11:32 AM

and how about an actual subject that is searchable? ??? doesn't help anybody.

**offshorebear** · October 13th, 2009, 11:54 AM

Here's a link to an old discussion about a 916

http://forum.pafoa.org/shotguns-43/2...n-shotgun.html

Next time, post a question like this in the shotgun forum, and use a subject like "What's a S&W 916 worth?" Hopefully a mod will help you out and fix this one.

**Al-Mumit** · October 13th, 2009, 03:04 PM

Welcome to the internet, OP.

There are rules here.

**SauerGrapes** · October 14th, 2009, 07:32 PM

I am not familar with S&W shotguns, but........you might get some information at www.shotgunworld.com The guys over there are very knowledgeable about the smoothbore world.
Good luck and welcome to PAFOA. Yeah, you really need to work on your sentence structure. {just saying it will help the readers}
I wouldn't count on collectors piece. But your dad gave it to you, you should keep it and enjoy it.

**GRIZ** · October 15th, 2009, 05:50 PM

I have one I bought new in the 70s. It's a durable utility shotgun. It's biggest drawback is the single action bar which results in a little binding sometime and also easier to break than a Remington. The fixed barrel also limits their versitility. The agency I worked for had them into the late 80s and recalled them all replacing them with 870s. They are not collector's items, worth maybe $150-175 if in very good-excellent condition.