Re: .28 Gauge
[Re: trapperkeck]
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04/12/24 06:44 AM
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One of my favorite gauges. Ruger Red Label and Browning are what I have. Both are a joy to shoot.
Everything the left touches it destroys
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Re: .28 Gauge
[Re: thgreenwing]
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04/12/24 07:32 AM
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A 28 is all I use for grouse. I have a Mossberg SA28 semi auto, only weighs 5 pounds, been very happy with it. Those are quite popular with the ladies.
I have nothing clever to put here.
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Re: .28 Gauge
[Re: trapperkeck]
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04/12/24 09:45 AM
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I have a 12, 20, and 410. Never thought about getting a 28. Don't know what I'd use it for. Maybe a novelty?
Funny how drinking 8 cups of water a day seems like a lot, but 8 beers in 3 hours goes down like a fat kid on a see-saw.
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Re: .28 Gauge
[Re: trapperkeck]
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04/12/24 10:34 AM
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I have a Franchi instinct SLX it’s my grouse gun light weight fun to carry and just as fun to shoot I really wanted a good quality side by side rather than the OU but couldn’t justify the $ since my wife was buying and set the limits
We get out of life only as much as we really want and work hard enough to achieve
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Re: .28 Gauge
[Re: Wanna Be]
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04/12/24 01:37 PM
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If you ever go on an old fashioned plantation quail hunt, a 28ga is the way to go. We get a few clients with 20’s and only a couple with .410’s. All the rest shoot 28ga. What’s funny is the client that always kills the most birds year after year shoots the .410. I have to remind him doubles are frowned upon, lol. I want one myself to use dove hunting. Are doubles frowned upon because birds get lost or?
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Re: .28 Gauge
[Re: trapperkeck]
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04/12/24 01:43 PM
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Last fall I was looking hard at buying an o/u 410, bought a snowmobile instead.
Now I'm thinking a 28 , ammo is easier to find, it's cheaper and a little more oomph.
"Gold is money, everything else is just credit" JP Morgan
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Re: .28 Gauge
[Re: Donnersurvivor]
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04/12/24 02:07 PM
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If you ever go on an old fashioned plantation quail hunt, a 28ga is the way to go. We get a few clients with 20’s and only a couple with .410’s. All the rest shoot 28ga. What’s funny is the client that always kills the most birds year after year shoots the .410. I have to remind him doubles are frowned upon, lol. I want one myself to use dove hunting. Are doubles frowned upon because birds get lost or? Tradition more than anything else. Generally only two birds are taken out of a covey. Two hunters so 1 bird each. We know Mr. Jimmy is going to shoot a double the first covey just to get it out of his system, and it’s allowed for him. The guys shooting a .410 and we like watching his skill. He’s one of the few that actually appreciate quail and their habitat.
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