I can only speak from a hunting and sometime clay perspective. but in the right hands on woodcock and grouse a .410 is deadly and in any hands a 28 will perform very well compared to 20,16and 12 ga. I guide bird hunterrs in Maine for woodcock and see alot of abilities and guns. Sub-guages are very capable killers and darn fun to shoot and carry. My only problem is alot of them in sxs are a proportioned too light and / or short. Brian Bilisnski @ fieldsport told me several year ago that hte 16 and 28 were his top sellers. So in some small circles the 28 has "bloomed" I don't know if that trend continues or not.