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The best reason for the 28-gauge I've heard is that the Brothers P had a bunch of 0-frame 20-gauge guns languishing in inventory and came up with the idea to fit 28-gauge barrels to those frames and give the gun writers something to write about and the gun cranks something to play with. The one Chas. Askins played with and wrote about had 30-inch barrels and weighed 6 3/4 pounds. The one Edwin Hedderly, editor of Western Field got in 1911 had 32-inch barrels and weighed 7 pounds.
The 28-gauge I have that I shoot the best nowadays is my 28-inch barrel Superposed New Model Skeet that weighs 7 pounds, within a fraction of an ounce of my 20-gauge and my .410-bore. The lightest 28-gauge I have is that Flues pictured above at a fraction of an ounce over 5 pounds. At the other end of the scale would be my Remington Model 3200 with the 28-gauge tubes in it that I shot in NSSA Skeet from 1977 to 1988, that weighs 9 pounds 6.3 ounces!!
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The lightest 28-gauge I have is that Flues pictured above at a fraction of an ounce over 5 pounds. I'm a Flues fan. Bet that's a treat to hump the mountains with!
Bill Johnson
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I had a Browning Superlight 28 ga. that was built on their typical 20 ga. frame that weighed 6lbs. 8oz. I enjoyed it for several years until I puchased my Merkel 28 ga. sxs built on a true 28 ga. frame at 5lbs. 7oz. I couldn't get rid of the Browning fast enough, as I couldn't see carrying what was essentially a 20 ga. gun. A true 28 ga. is a joy to carry and shoot for me.
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The first small-frame Harrington & Richardson single barrel was the Model 1905 - which took down by means of a removable hinge pin. My .44 Caliber --  The Model 1905 was a scaled down version of the H & R Model 1900. H & R redesigned their larger gun to take-down by means of a snap-on/-off forearm and introduced it is the Model 1908. Then in 1915 they did the same to the little gun and called it the Model 1915 --  I have a H&R hammerless sxs in 44 shot sitting here somewhere. Nice trim little gun. Pete
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The lightest 28-gauge I have is that Flues pictured above at a fraction of an ounce over 5 pounds. I'm a Flues fan. Bet that's a treat to hump the mountains with! I still believe that the Flues model was the finest that Ithaca built followed very closely by their Model 37.
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I may have to keep my eyes out for a Flues 28 instead of the NID. To me, there is no sense carrying a 20gauge weight gun just to shoot 28 gauge shells. I want a wand or something close to it. Kinda rains on my parade of a tiny framed NID.
Researcher, you are extremely lucky to own such fine firearms. I would love to tote that Flues through the thick grouse brush in my neck of the woods. What a joy! I just lugged around an 8.5lb LC Smith tonight. Nostalgic, but laughably tiring.
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I still believe that the Flues model was the finest that Ithaca built followed very closely by their Model 37. [/quote]
This has me really thinking.....
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If the "weight for gauge" reasoning satisfies you guys, then my 6 pound 4 ounce 10 gauge Sauer would be the ultimate choice. In fact, no other gun would satisfy unless it is a five pound 12 gauge.
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I have a H&R hammerless sxs in 44 shot sitting here somewhere. Nice trim little gun. Only H & R smallbore double I've ever heard of is the hammer gun -- 
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As far as I'm concerned the "Weight for Gauge" works both directions. I see no value in either a 28 or a 10 weighing in the 6 to 7 lb range. A properly proportioned 6¼-6½ lb 16 gauge is a neater trimer gun than a 12 of the same weight & will do anything the larger bore will do with comfort. It will do far more than a 28 of the same weight will do.
The old rule of thumb of a gun weighing 96 times its shot load is still not a bad one. This gives 4½lbs for 3/4 oz, 6lbs for 1 oz & 7½ for 1¼ oz. If the gun weighed more than 5 lbs I would personally prefer it to have a bigger hole than a 28 & if it weighed less than 8lb I would prefer it to be smaller than a 10. This is of course just my personal preferences
Miller/TN
I Didn't Say Everything I Said, Yogi Berra
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