Do I really need a 28 gauge?

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Do I really need a 28 gauge?

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Well ofcourse I do,what a silly question. :lol:

Ok so here's the story..

A long long time ago when I was just a young whippersnapper living on our farm I would hunt our land and surrounding farms.Back then nobody bothered about getting permission and all that crap.We hunted other farmland and they would hunt our land,no biggie.If we seen the neighbour in one of our back fields we would just ask him if he was having any luck and wish him well.
Anyway,on this one farm I would always find 28 gauge hulls on the ground,paper ones back then.I'd pick them up and look at them and think "aint those cute little shells,I should get one of those.
Fast forward 50 plus years and that thought about getting a 28 gauge was still in my head.Well it was time to chit or get off the pot. :biggrin:

So I picked up a Remington 870 express in 28 gauge...woohoo my dream finally came true. :thumbsup:

Nothing fancy about a 870 express but darn it this little shottie just feels good in the hands.It has a 25 inch bbl with a mod. choke.It holds four shells but we have to plug them to three,it's the law around these parts.
I haven't shot it yet but I'm itchin' to go grouse hunting with it..Here's a few pics. 8-)

I should edit to say the three shells are 12-28-.410 but I'm sure you guys knew that.
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To hunt what? For rabbit, yes,. For waterfowl, pheasants, stick with the 12.
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steelbuttplate wrote:To hunt what? For rabbit, yes,. For waterfowl, pheasants, stick with the 12.
For chickens....aka....grouse. :D

For rabbits (snowshoe hares) I use a .22 and for waterfowl it's a 12 gauge 3 inch high speed steel. :thumbsup:
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No 16? No 10? Nice 28 gauge, do you need it? I don't know, do you need a coat when leaving the house in February? Probably need at least one yet I bet you have two or three, so why not two or three shotguns? A friend of mine saw me paying over cash for a Mossberg bolt action 12 gauge a few years back. He asks what in hell I need that for, my answer -because I want one asshole. I will find a use for it one day.
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Junk Yard Dog wrote:No 16? No 10? Nice 28 gauge, do you need it? I don't know, do you need a coat when leaving the house in February? Probably need at least one yet I bet you have two or three, so why not two or three shotguns? A friend of mine saw me paying over cash for a Mossberg bolt action 12 gauge a few years back. He asks what in hell I need that for, my answer -because I want one asshole. I will find a use for it one day.
lol best answer yet. "-because I want one asshole" :lol:

This is shot gun number 8 for me,have mostly 12 gauges in pump and semi auto,defender type and hunting type..
Plus a little .410 Mossberg pump which I like but will admit that it did let me down on a few birds.

Used to have a few bolts and one was a 16 gauge,Also had a couple 20 gauges years ago but sold them.

Hmmm...I might need another 20 gauge... :thumbsup:
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I have shot clays with a 28 just like yours, but about 30 years older. It is no 12, but it is much better than the .410.
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millman wrote:I have shot clays with a 28 just like yours, but about 30 years older. It is no 12, but it is much better than the .410.
Thank you Sir..This is the type of feedback I like to hear..

Mind you I also like...":because I want one asshole"..lol :lol:
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Because I want one? I thought the topic was Do I really need one. :lol: Well Hell yea, I want one too but I'm saving for another .38 S&W Victory. I want to go to West Penn. to this Springfield sporters place. They don't sell online but evidently, have gigantic piles of Milsurp rifles. I wonder if there hiring.
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Sonny wrote:
millman wrote:I have shot clays with a 28 just like yours, but about 30 years older. It is no 12, but it is much better than the .410.
Thank you Sir..This is the type of feedback I like to hear..

Mind you I also like...":because I want one asshole"..lol :lol:
YES, get it!

So, you came here looking for an enabler? Which is like a fat kid asking a fat kid if he should buy more candy! You knew the answer before it was given to you, knowing damn well we'd all say yes.....LOL!
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I recently bought a .16 gauge for no good reason. So yea, you need a .28 gauge.
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He's in Canada, I saw the bears they got up there, he needs a 2 bore
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Now that's my idea of bear medicine ! :twisted:
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If you need a guy to help stop the energy from knocking you on your ass you might just rethink what you are about to do. I shot a .50 cal from a bench in a sitting position. I'm to old to stand in a free shooting position just because it looks cool to the other shooters watching my shoulder shatter with a smile on my face.
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ffuries wrote:
Sonny wrote:
millman wrote:I have shot clays with a 28 just like yours, but about 30 years older. It is no 12, but it is much better than the .410.
Thank you Sir..This is the type of feedback I like to hear..

Mind you I also like...":because I want one asshole"..lol :lol:
YES, get it!

So, you came here looking for an enabler? Which is like a fat kid asking a fat kid if he should buy more candy! You knew the answer before it was given to you, knowing damn well we'd all say yes.....LOL!
Eactly..the more.."Yes you need one" I get the better.That way I can show the wife and say "Look honey all these guys say that I need one".. :lol:

btw..took it out for the first time today and it shot well but felt a little stiff in the extaction cycle..hmm.

Me thinks it needs more rounds down range to break it in. :vcool:
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steelbuttplate wrote:Because I want one? I thought the topic was Do I really need one. :lol: Well Hell yea, I want one too but I'm saving for another .38 S&W Victory. I want to go to West Penn. to this Springfield sporters place. They don't sell online but evidently, have gigantic piles of Milsurp rifles. I wonder if there hiring.
(I am looking for my first Victory)
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Well I broke it's cherry. :lol:

Today was opening of chicken season but I was only able to get out for just over an hour.

Seen two got one and the other flew into the thick stuff and I wasn't going in after him.

Shoots good but you have to use some force to eject the empty hull.Hopefully it will smoothen out with more use. :thumbsup:
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Good stuff. I recently got a .410 and had ammo sticker shock. How does that 28 price run vs 12-20?
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millman wrote:Good stuff. I recently got a .410 and had ammo sticker shock. How does that 28 price run vs 12-20?
It's a bit pricey from the smaller stores but if you shop the sales at Cabelas it's not bad at all.
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