I've posted this before about the 28 ga., but I will reiterate again. I bought a 28 ga. BL4 26" barreles, imp.cyl/mod for my wife to shoot skeet back in 1970. She said my Winchester 101 20 ga. kicked too much for her. She shot it a few times, and then I kind of inherited it. We lived in N.J. at the time and I used it along with my English Setter on public grounds, and to give you a conservative estimate, I killed probably 300 pheasants with that 28 ga. using #7 1/2's and # 9 shot, all reloads with 3/4 oz shot. All the shots were probably no farther than 25 yds., and like Chuck H. said, they didn't know what guage hit them.
As far as shooting skeet, I would say that on the average between the 28 ga, and the 20 ga. there was no difference in the scores.
So what ever most of you think about the 28 ga, unless you shoot one, don't knock it. I still cary a 28 ga. sxs with me after stocked pheasants, and chuckers. Yes, you have to be "right on" but then again who wants to carry a 7 + lb, 12 ga. or a Remington 1100 that weighs 8 lbs. Not me.
Last edited by JDW; 11/26/06 09:36 AM.
