If you really want a 16, then get it....but be aware of a few things: If it's a newer manufactured 16 gauge, it is built on a 12 gauge frame, so you wont have any weight savings. Ammo
will be difficult to find; stores (even the bigger sporting goods ones) are reducing their inventory to what sells, and the 16 gauge doesn't fall into that category. You will definetly have a minimum of choices when it comes to ammo (unless you reload)....if you do reload, you will do better, but you will have a minimum of components to use, and they will most likely have to be special ordered.
...I love my 16 gauges, and use them on just about everything. However, this is not a gauge for everyone.
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Waterfowl loads are very hard to find and slug loads are pretty much limited to Foster slugs.
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Personally, I've never felt hampered by foster slugs in any gauge; as for waterfowl loads, steel in the 16 gauge is abysmall! Stick with TM, or the newer hevishot classic doubles.