Re: 28 gauge.
Highest scores on a skeet tote board, are those shot with a 28 gauge.
Quite a few of us shot the 28 ga for 12, 20, and 28 event, then grabbed the littlest critter [the .410] for the .410 event.
I often used a Citori 3 barrel set [20, 28, .410] and only used the 28, and .410 barrels.
Others did the same with their 3 and 4 barrel sets, or used a 1100 in 28g then 1100 in .410.
Re: Single Shots.
I'm not the only one to have run straights in Regular Skeet using a single shot.
One simply learns the gun, and how to run it without "having to look" and therefore adhering to what Will Fennel says " Focus on the target - not the equipment".
This was learned and passed forward not for "trick shooting" simply a matter of skill sets, as many folks back in the day only had a single shot to put food on the table.
Grumblin' Stomachs are responsible for a lot of folks learning to shoot, and being one with the gun.
Now we can buy Skill and Targets with Credit Cards and even use Credit Cards at the Fast Food Drive Thru.
Ain't America Great! *wink*