Hmmm, I get what you’re saying regarding the 3/4 oz payload and it’s performance being so similar across the gauge spectrum. Whether it’s fired from a 12, 20 or 28, 3/4 oz of #7.5 shot is gonna weigh 3/4 oz. The shot string will most likely be a bit flatter with the larger bores, but the shot count will be the same for them all.It's interesting to me that all the reloaders that loaded for 12 that no longer do so because they purchased a 28ga. I reload a 3/4oz 12 load that absolutely smokes clays out to about 35 yards, past that I'm getting hit but no smoke. The really nice thing about the 3/4oz load it the ease of doing it...I hate 28 and 410 loading, the 12 it just nicer to load.
As long as your 28 is on a scaled frame, correct. many, however, are built on a 20 gauge frame and offer no weight savings over a 20.Hmmm, I get what you’re saying regarding the 3/4 oz payload and it’s performance being so similar across the gauge spectrum. Whether it’s fired from a 12, 20 or 28, 3/4 oz of #7.5 shot is gonna weigh 3/4 oz. The shot string will most likely be a bit flatter with the larger bores, but the shot count will be the same for them all.
I think it’s more ‘the gun’ rather than ‘the gauge‘ with 28 shooters. Mine, while not as versatile across the range of possibilities, are much more pleasant to tote around the fields than my 12’s are. Plus the 28’s just look so dang cool!
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Obviously, you have little experience with a 28. When you find a great gun and a good load, your attitude will change. The 28 is magical, not just in its mystique, but in its application
Thanks guys for the information. I was all but convinced to sell the 28 for a 12 but now I am not as convinced. I just started loading handgun ammo this year so looks like I might have to start looking for another loader. I am just not sure yet so I have not shot the 28 yet. It is still new in the box. Decisions, decisions. Thanks again.
And yet now, the 28 is all the rage with folks even using them for high pheasants. Maybe some of the old duffers realized the challenge and sport of using a 28.
If I ever become wealthy I’ll get a 28 gauge SxS and O/U. I’ll then hire some of you yahoos to reload 28 gauge for me, have some of you out to my estate to hunt quail, pay for Skylerbone to take a remedial lesson on birth control and hire LoonWulf to give me hula lessons. If I’ve left something out please let me know.
So am I, the prices for driven shooting grouse, pheasant or partridge would take a winning lotto ticket!High pheasant shooting is like shooting sporting clays only with live birds. I'm not saying I wouldn't participate in a driven shoot on a peg but it's probably below my station. I doubt I could get an invitation. I'm more at home with rough shooting as the Brits call it.
Roger Wilco.My MEC 600 Jr. is at the ready. Go ahead and buy a Powerball ticket.
IMHO a 28 ga is ideal for upland birds over a good dog. Hunting Woodcock, Grouse, or Quail over a pointer is what that gun is designed for. You may use it for Rabbit or Squirrel. It is a terrible choice for Waterfowl.
I know folks who DO.......every year a friend and his wife head out West to Montana and SD to hunt all the upland birds with their 28s; they enjoy great successI would even use it for wild pheasant "over a good dog". Especially a good pointer.
I've known people that did. GTG.
Over a good dog is the only way I'll hunt pheasant and I have shot a few with a 28gauge.I would even use it for wild pheasant "over a good dog".
Over a good dog is the only way I'll hunt pheasant and I have shot a few with a 28gauge.