I want to agree but I think the marketing that pushed for 3" shells is what ruining the market. When in doubt lengthen the shell. Like the 3" 28 ga. I don't know its a lovehate thing. 3" 16 ga would probably.have a real high chamber pressure since it has smaller combustion space than the 3" 12 ga it probably would be like 15,000 psi . Anyhow I liked my 16 ga when I had it. But it kicked worse than my bps10. Think recoil had a something to do with the 16 ga demise. I thinks it even less popular than the 10 because the 10 can be used to geese,turkey and more recently coyote. I like variety. A beretta a400 unico in 3" 16 ga would be killer.