Larry...Larry...Larry, Dog-gone-it---DON'T MAKE ME COME UP THERE!
You keep regurgitating this same misinformation time after time after time. You insinuate that the 28-ga. Repro M/F chokes have constrictions that make them useless....and that my friend---just ain't true. I have 28-ga. Repros with Q1/Q2, IC/M and M/F choke designations. Guess which which set of bbls. I consistently score better with on the sporting clays and 5-stand courses I usually shoot? That's right---the M/F set. You really need to get out there and shoot them rather than diddling with some gauges--you'll be enlightened!
Wild Skies, here are the facts on those M/F Repro 28's: I bought a 2 barrel set back about 3 years ago. 26" Q1 & 2. Actual constrictions, as measured: 007/011--pretty much IC/M in a 28. Not so bad, just a little tight for what's marked. 28" M/F. Actual constrictions, as measured: .019/.038. Those darned Japs musta thought they were choking a 12ga--and for that matter, even most 12's are more open than that these days for M/F. That's full in the right and nuts in the left for a 28ga. How you shoot yours . . . well, have you ever measured the chokes? Maybe some sane person had them opened. Or maybe you just happen to shoot really tight chokes really well. And the above M/F barrels were not a fluke. Purchased a Repro 28, unfired, with 28" M/F barrels the previous year. The mod was exactly the same: .019. On that one, I couldn't get my gauge into the F barrel.
And in spite of Don's comment, I actually like Repros--a lot. (Especially those with the proper number of triggers: 2!) And the constrictions on the 12's and 20's, of which I've owned several each, are right about where they should be. I have no idea who went nuts on choking those 28's, but using 12ga constrictions for 28ga chokes is REALLY dumb. And I'm an equal opportunity basher when it comes to something like that. I'd say the same thing if I found those chokes in a Stevens or an AyA or a Purdey. Dumb is dumb, and it's possible to find dumb even if the gun does happen to say Winchester.
And by the way . . . that very first 28ga Repro I bought, the one that came choked 12ga M/F . . . I had the chokes opened to .005/.010. Had an assignment that gave me a chance to shoot a whole bunch of preserve pheasants. Loaded up a bunch of 3/4 oz 7's, thought I'd see how a 28 would work. Missed the very first bird I shot at, then proceeded to kill the next 27 straight, including a couple doubles. So if you don't shoot the ones with open chokes well . . . maybe you ought to send them to me.
Last edited by L. Brown; 01/01/11 09:28 AM.
