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I have one of the little American Gun Co 28 gauge hammer gun. Unfortunately the stock is broken on it. Not sure if it is fixable or not other than building a new one. Weighing all the parts it goes about 5 lbs. This is the model with coil mainsprings in the bar action lock. It spite of my previous comments which probably appeared all negative I do have a soft spot in my heart for the 28. I just can's see lugging around a 12ga weight gun & then chambering it for the 28. "IF" the 28 is not Petite I have little use for it.
I fully realize that skeet shooters & such use heavier guns for a competitive edge, but have many times wondered if the game would not have been more interesting "IF" a weight limit had been placed on the small bores so every one would have been on an equal level.
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Everything is a trade off as I don't want to shoot a 6 pound 10 gauge nor to I want to lug around a 8 pound 28 gauge.
I agree with Stan its the distribution of the weight that is the key not just the overall weight of the shotgun. That's why I think that the Flues is Ithaca's best as they seem to have great overall weight distribution whereas the NID seems like all the weight is awkwardly concentrated.
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Agreed, Stan and Treblig. When I talk about a gun being too light, mostly what I mean is that it doesn't have enough weight forward so, to me, it just doesn't have the right swing feel.
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I ran across a 28ga H&R hammer single at a gun show. Asked the seller if it was 2 7/8". He'd never heard of that measurement. I measured it, and it was.
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