28 GAUGE SHOTGUN ?

[tcecil88]

My Dad has a couple Remington 1100's in 28 gauge. He was rough on quail with them back in the day.

 

[drm-hp]

Unless I am deer hunting I am almost exclusively a 28 gauge hunter/ shooter now. Practice and pattern the gun with your different loads and chokes, keep the ranges reasonable and you will cleanly kill anything you want to kill from rabbit/ squirrel to big South Dakota Pheasants. I would probably shoot a 12 or 16 for geese though.

 

[dnurk]

To the question of are they still making new ones, yes!
We have both of these in the safe and enjoy them

bantam you5 28ga




Benelli Ultra Light 28ga

 

[LarryC]

Back when I was a teenager (50's) I knew a guy who had (and used) a 10 Gage for hunting geese. I never wanted to shoot it even though he offered!

I have heard some of the old men of that era discussing gages like 8, 6, 4 and the 2 gage punt gun (boat -mounted usually a 250 - 300 pound 8' or more long). These were outlawed long ago!

 

[DadSmith]

Back when I was a teenager (50's) I knew a guy who had (and used) a 10 Gage for hunting geese. I never wanted to shoot it even though he offered!

I have heard some of the old men of that era discussing gages like 8, 6, 4 and the 2 gage punt gun (boat -mounted usually a 250 - 300 pound 8' or more long). These were outlawed long ago!

Outlawed to hunt with or own or both?

 

[Jim McKalip]

Back when I used to be able to shoot skeet I switched to the 28 ga. to ease the stress on my arthritic shoulder. I shot it as well as I did the I did the 12 ga. Tremendous reduction in discomfort.

 

[4651feeder]

From outdoor life:

To hear some people tell it, the 28-gauge shotgun is imbued with magical powers, and if you listen to these fans long enough, you might come away convinced that you could use a 28 to down a crossing pterodactyl with a snap shot at 50 yards using a ¾-ounce load of No. 9 shot.....

I'm acquainted with a man who's first choice at Wobble Trap is 28 gauge and you'll have a hard time convincing anyone that's seen him shoot it, that he can't do just that.

As stated before 28 is the most square load of all the shotgun gauges.

 

[Michigan Slim]

Outlawed to hunt with or own or both?

Called punt guns. Illegal to hunt with now. They would mount them on the boats and swipe sitting flocks. Market gunning.

 

[spencer rifle]

There is a 24 gauge and a 32 gauge too!

I like the 16 gauge.

I use 32 gauge shotgun shells to load blanks for the Spencer. Usually only made by Fiocci and Cheddite.

 

[BJones]

28 gauge is my favorite gauge for shooting skeet. The recoil is much easier than the 12 ga, and it is just a lot of fun to shoot.

 

[BigRed]

I've got a Beretta Silver Pigeon. For those not familiar, it is an over / under shotty.

It has interchangeable barrels in 20g..... and 28g!

It's a fun little gun, but I still find myself most often going with the old Browning Citori in 12 when it comes to time be in the field for a hunt.

 

[Mark106]

The Brits were making them and shooting them pre-1900 and Remington even made one single-shot model before the turn of the century, but the Parker double in 1903 put the 28 gauge on the map in the US.
IMO, the 28 probably survived in the US because 28 gauge remains a class in standard American skeet shooting.
In the field, IME, great carrying upland gun when properly scaled. It's absolutely wonderful if you have some yardage discipline.
Takes quail beautifully. IMO, it's more than adequate for pheasant if you can keep your shots inside a roughly 40-yard radius. So, I'd say good for some pheasant applications, but probably not the lone gun you'd want if you were hunting wild birds in big country, especially over flushing dogs. But it's wicked on state preserve and game farm pheasant, especially over setters and pointers.
I've had a few and have one at the moment, a Ruger Red Label 28. Nifty little field gun.

 

[Jaybird1980]

I've got and old Winchester 410, 28 and 16 guage. Grandpa used to let me use them rabbit hunting, got them when he passed.

 

[Bigtanker]

I've got and old Winchester 410, 28 and 16 guage. Grandpa used to let me use them rabbit hunting, got them when he passed.

I had my Model 12 in 16 gauge out in the woods this fall.

 

[Jaybird1980]

I had my Model 12 in 16 gauge out in the woods this fall.View attachment 126784

Welcome back BT.

Looks like a poly choke model you've got there.

 

[Bigtanker]

Yep. It was so cheap I couldn't pass it up. Beat up and scratched and the wood has been replaced but shoots great. Not bad for 86 years old. The poly choke isn't factory.

It's a sweet shooter.

 

[BigRed]

I had my Model 12 in 16 gauge out in the woods this fall.View attachment 126784

Love Model 12 shotguns....like just about everything else with JMB's prints on it.

 

[BigRed]

Back when I was a teenager (50's) I knew a guy who had (and used) a 10 Gage for hunting geese. I never wanted to shoot it even though he offered!

I have heard some of the old men of that era discussing gages like 8, 6, 4 and the 2 gage punt gun (boat -mounted usually a 250 - 300 pound 8' or more long). These were outlawed long ago!

My grandfather used a 10ga. He was a "bring enough gun" guy!

 

[Jaybird1980]

Yep. It was so cheap I couldn't pass it up. Beat up and scratched and the wood has been replaced but shoots great. Not bad for 86 years old. The poly choke isn't factory.

It's a sweet shooter.

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I've got a 1300 I couldn't pass up, it turned out to be one of my most used. Although it doesn't have good looking wood like yours.

 

[Jaybird1980]

Oh boy, that didn't come out right.