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shaddart · Guru

28 ga

watch em fall · Senior Member

what load are you shooting in .28 gauge?

shaddart · Guru

AA 7 1/2s & AA 8s I have a 28 reloader, but I was shooting factory loads. Not a lot of selection out there & I'm afraid if I load 6s it will be like shooting them with a bb gun. I was just playing around with it yesterday, I'll just stick with the 12 or 20. Even the couple I knocked down needed a 2nd shot to kill them, just not enough punch. Like I said it was humbling, big difference from the 12, lets ya know real fast ur not as good as you think, fun though & real nice to carry. It was the 1st time I carried the 28 in a couple of years.

watch em fall · Senior Member

I took my wife's 20 gauge youth model charles daly semi, that was fun but I think I will stick with the als 2100 in 12 gauge. It performed well and was fun but I want to use the same gun all the time.

shaddart · Guru

yeah, I play around to much changing guns, but I like to shoot all of them. It's fun using them all, & I guess thats what it's all about. Nice brit, I miss mine

watch em fall · Senior Member

Thanks for comment on my brit. www.rocksteadykennelandsupplies.com This who I purchased my Brittany from.

-- Edited by watch em fall on Tuesday 23rd of November 2010 02:48:58 AM

Gadget Bob · Guru

Hi Shaddart,

I whacked a crow Saturday before last with a 28 gauge using a AA Skeet load, probably of early 70's vintage. It reminded me of using a .410 on various occasions in terms of lethality. I know it is much more effective than a .410 and one crow isn't a good sample.

It was simply an effort to complete my "crow slam" - .410 bore, 20 gauge, 16 gauge, 12 gauge and 10 gauge - joined by the 28 gauge to take crows with all of the "common" American shotgun shells. This is a first for the Texas Crow Patrol.

I must say a full choked 16 gauge worked very well on crows and when you get below 20 gauge, you are giving up range.

Regards,

Gadget Bob

-- Edited by Gadget Bob on Tuesday 23rd of November 2010 04:37:46 PM

shaddart · Guru

yeah, I kinda did it just so I could say I did, giving up pellets is worse for me than the range. Haven't used the 16 yet, but I will !

watch em fall · Senior Member

I think a 16 gauge is under-rated, they work well on all types of game. I would love to find 16 semi and start using it. I'll be watching the gun shows and sporting goods stores for one and buy it if the price is right.

shaddart · Guru

I sold a browning sweet 16 a couple of years ago, big mistake, even had a poly=choke on it. What I have now in 16 is an old stevens 311 sxs, that I've had since I was a kid. Seems to be getiing easier to get shells than it was a few years ago. Watch-em I checked that website, guys got some beautiful dogs. Doe he do springers too or are those liver colored Brits ?

watch em fall · Senior Member

Those are liver and white brits

Kevin Burroughs · Veteran Member

I would shoot my 28 a lot more if the shells were cheaper. Sometimes I run across a closeout deal at wally world and buy everyone they have. I really like a 3/4 oz load of #8 shot for a 28 with a light modified choke.

-------------kevin-------------