Slugo said:
I use my 12 gauge Browning Crossover Target for Trap and Sporting Clays. When I want a lighter gun for two or three rounds of Sporting Clays, I use my Beretta A300. I like both guns and shoot them as well as I can, which is enjoyable for me. Now, just for ****s and giggles, I'm interested in pursuing an inexpensive 28 gauge gun. Will only use it three or four times a year. My goal is to keep it less than $1000 bucks. Thank's Guys!
A 28 gauge gun is for the moments when you want to put aside the rude, larger bores and enjoy the smallest gauge shotgun that retains the ability to be an effective shotgun at all casual clay target sports and upland game hunting. It should be a very nice gun, one you are proud of. A 28 gauge is a luxury item. It should be light, six pounds is ideal, and never a large gun with a small barrel cobbled on it. The 28 gauge gun should be on a 28 gauge sized action.
I own a Ruger Red Label 28 gauge and a Tristar Italian made 28 gauge side by side double. Neither are available as new guns. I like my RRL 28 gauge, but I just love my light, small, little Italian 28 gauge side by side.
Of the repeaters, only the Ithaca Model 37 28 gauge tempts me in the slightest.
Sheriff Jim Wilson and I share a common fondness for the 28 gauge.
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Today, the best value in a true 28 gauge side by side are the CZ Huglu offerings.
I have a 20 gauge CZ Huglu side by side, and if I didn't already have that excellent Tristar 28 gauge side by side I'd sure be looking for a CZ 28 gauge side by side.
The guns are offered on gunbroker, and sometimes on the classifieds of this forum.
Buy the best one you can find, that has double triggers and preferably with a color case hardened action, and nice wood.
The 28 gauge is supposed to be a gentleman's gun.
Buy one you can be proud to own, is my advice.
The gun shops are full of powerful, efficient blasters designed to maximize the number of birds killed and targets broken.
The 28 gauge is a gift to yourself for having arrived at a point where the experience of shooting a nimble little 28 gauge is more important than scores or bag counts.