So, I spend most of my shotgunnin' time on the skeet range. After about a year, I'm finally hitting 24s frequently and that first 25 is right around the corner. Our local club holds shoots frequently, and they always have a "skeet subgauge" option besides the 12ga skeet. I borrowed a tubed Beretta O/U for 20ga, my grandfather's SKB 28ga field model, and we haven't gotten to 410 yet.
Bottom Line:
I LOVE THE 28GA!
At the same time my love with the 28ga is just getting started, my sister says she wants to buy a shotgun. Now, before I had just planned on sending my barrels (I have an SKB 85TSS 12ga O/U) to Kolar to get a 28ga tube set fitted. Doing a little research finds that they'd have to convert my triggers from intertia to mechanical, that's $300. Next, the tubes themselves are about $600. So now I'm looking at around $900 just to shoot 28ga out of my gun. My grandfather's 28ga SKB field model was $950, and I shoot it quite well, but that was a deal that probably won't be fortunate to find twice.
Ok, so after some rambling, my basic question is...
Does Remington, Ithaca, Winchester, or Browning currently make a 28ga pump? I haven't had much luck looking on the online sites. I'd probably end up buying it so my sister could shoot it when we go shooting, and I'd reload and mess around with it in skeet and SC.
Bottom Line:
I LOVE THE 28GA!
At the same time my love with the 28ga is just getting started, my sister says she wants to buy a shotgun. Now, before I had just planned on sending my barrels (I have an SKB 85TSS 12ga O/U) to Kolar to get a 28ga tube set fitted. Doing a little research finds that they'd have to convert my triggers from intertia to mechanical, that's $300. Next, the tubes themselves are about $600. So now I'm looking at around $900 just to shoot 28ga out of my gun. My grandfather's 28ga SKB field model was $950, and I shoot it quite well, but that was a deal that probably won't be fortunate to find twice.
Ok, so after some rambling, my basic question is...
Does Remington, Ithaca, Winchester, or Browning currently make a 28ga pump? I haven't had much luck looking on the online sites. I'd probably end up buying it so my sister could shoot it when we go shooting, and I'd reload and mess around with it in skeet and SC.