You're paying a lot more for a Brit 28 just because it's a 28. I owned a Wilkes 28 briefly. Intrigued by the idea of a 4 3/4 pound gun with 28" barrels. (Wilkes is a London name, but the gun was Birmingham-made.) It was like trying to shoot with a pool cue. Might work for some people. Did not work for me.
My advice to anyone considering the purchase of a sxs 28ga: Give serious thought to a Parker Reproduction. They represent a lot of gun for the money. But if you're a traditionalist and insist on a straight grip, double triggers, and splinter forend, you won't find many in that configuration. And if you buy one with 28" barrels, it will almost certainly be choked WAY tighter than you probably want your 28ga to be choked. But chokes can always be opened. If only they'd made more of those with that configuration, factory choked Quail 1 & 2.
