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For those of you who have had the opportunity to shoot the Parker Repro 28 with both the 26" and 28" barrels; In your honest opinion is there a noticeable difference in the feel and handling of the gun with the 2" longer barrels? Thanks for your input.

It depends on what you want to do. The 26" barrels are IC/M and the 28" barrels are M/F.
Mine is 28" because I wanted the tighter chokes. It already had a 25 1/2" 28ga. Model 23.
I like the 28" barrels OK(for doves mostly), but if I hunt quail, I like the short barrels better.
That said, there not much difference in the handling between the 26" and 28".

I had the 28inch barrel version because I don't shoot shorter barrels well. However I had the bores opened to skeet and modified by Briley because that combination seems to work well for me on just about everything upland. Sold the gun because the stock was way too straight(high) for me and I was afraid to try bending that highly figured wood with the reports I had seen of others experiencing broken wood on these guns. Nice guns though.

I shoot the 26 inch barrels 95% of the time. I do like the 28 inch barrels but they are not bored for my type of shooting so they seldom see the action. FWIW, this is a great gun to carry all day in the field and is easy on my elbow.

Jim

Just back from Kansas. I have no problem with the 28 ga. 26" barrels.

I recently picked one up, 28", straight, ST, but with a BT. Normally, I prefer a splinter and DT, but like the longer barrels. Had Mike Orlen open the chokes on mine, because while they said M/F, a bore/choke gauge read something more like IM and extra F, and I wanted it mainly for grouse and woodcock. Have shot it very well at skeet ever since. It's still plenty light--5/13, even with the BT (which is a fairly small one) and the longer barrels. I know that some people who have owned the more common 26" barreled version, especially with the splinter forend (which is also way more common), have found it too light and whippy.

No.

Good shooting.

I love those 26" light and whippy doubles! I can whip right on a bird and if anyone wants to get rid of theirs email me at gunscrew@yahoo.com. Bobby

I put a few strips of lead tape from my local golf shop on the underside of the 26" barrels to tame them a bit and move the balance point where I like it.

I think I bought Jerry's gun. Can't hit anything with it. Think problem is that it is too light weight at front end. I am going to try the lead tape idea. I have a clubby, heavy little 26" 20ga Repro I can't miss with. Stock height same, except 20 is about 1 inch shorter being a 2 trigger gun. I understand Repos all had same LOP, but 2 trigger guns measured from front trigger resulted in shorter & slightly lighter stock.