28g 28" Repro

[Chuck Heald]

I posted this over on the doublegun bbs, but I thought with the queries about the M/F 28" choke patterns, it'd be worth putting it here as well.

I got my Parker Repro 28g out of gun jail today. I found it at Jaqua's a couple weeks ago and it looked like the gun for me. I bought it primarily for a conversion to .410 later when my barrels from CSM come. But another gun is always fun.

It measures what seems to be a common 1 3/8" DAC x 2 1/8" DAH x 14 1/4". One reason I picked this gun was the 28" bbls. 5 lbs 10 oz and balances about 5/8" behind the hinge. It seems a little unusual in that it has a feather crotch black walnut stock.

Chokes .032 Lft bbl/.012 Rt bbl










I took it out to the range and straight to the patternboard.

[Chuck Heald]

Patterns

I found that the POI was where I pointed it. If the patterns weren't on top of each other, it was my fault. All POI's seemed slightly above point of aim, not bad. The gun is a higher dimensioned stock than I normally shoot. I'm usually shooting 1 1/2" x 2 3/8" guns.

Win AA SS 1300 fps 3/4 oz 7 1/2 shot

Rt bbl 30 yds


Lft bbl 40 yds




Rem STS 1200 fps 3/4 oz #8 shot

Rt bbl 30 yds


Lft bbl 40 yds




Fiocci Golden Pheasant 1300 fps 7/8 oz #6 shot

Rt bbl 30 yds



Lft bbl 40 yds




Fiocci Golden Pheasant 1300 fps 7/8 oz #5 shot

Rt bbl 30 yds



Lft bbl 40 yds



Win Super X 1200 fps 1 oz #6 shot

Rt bbl 30 yds



Lft bbl 40 yds

[Dean Romig]

Very interesting and informative testing Chuck.

That's a very pretty piece of wood too.

[Joe Bernfeld]

Beautiful Repro, Chuck. They used some spectacular wood in a lot of those guns. I used to have one with the most eye-popping piece of burl walnut I've ever seen. I sold it of course...
Joe

[SXS OHIO]

How big are the paterns, size of your paper targets? The left barrel paterns look very good at 40!.....All the loads look about the same. I would guess the left full tube has been opened up a tad or it needs remeasured. I own 4 sets of M/F and all are .038 give or take a point ot two. A close look may see some polishing marks compaired to one that has not been touched....this is only a possibility, it could be a factory spec? Its a very good choke! The factory .038 is overchoke for a 28ga but long as they patern well who cares...thanks for the info and pics... I have a three barrel set 410-28-28 that is my shooter set. I plan some long paterning sessions this spring...(-: SXS ohio

[SXS OHIO]

Chuck..any time frame on getting the 410 barrels from CSM?

[Chuck Heald]

Kenny,
That board is about 36" across for perspective. I'll check the chokes again later today. I was just going by what Jaqua's told me when they measured it while I talked to them on the phone.

Not in the pix is a pattern I shot with the 1 oz Win #6 load from 50 yds. It was dense enough to assure a kill on a rooster at that range.

CSM told me that the .410 bbls will be the last batch of the barrels they run. They said that could be up to a year from now. I'm betting longer.

[Chuck Heald]

My measurement of the chokes comes out to .034/.013

They look to be untouched, as I would expect. This gun had hardly been fired if at all. It was so tight, I could hardly get the forend on without struggling and darn near had to break it over my knee to open it. I loosened the forend fit lastnight. I can't stand a gun that tight.

[Setter Man]

I am thinking about having the chokes in my 28" barrels opened a bit. Thinking .010/.025 - something along the lines of IC/IM. Did you happen to pattern your left barrel at 30-yards? That's the one I would like to see.

Nice Repro. Stopped by Jaquas Thursday afternoon. They actually have a few in the racks right now. I don't recall seeing any DT guns, though.

[Bill Murphy]

Who would have ever thought that a double trigger Repro would be a premium item on the gun market? The Skeuses probably went through hell to get the single trigger design finalized. Now they could sell a double trigger conversion for a fortune.