General 28 Gauge Question

[ArtS]

I will just relate my experience with a 30" barrel RBL custom I had built. I had it choked Q1 and Q2, which equated to maybe .001 and about .004. I bought it for preserve hunting and it served well, although I finally settled on spreader loads for the first barrel and a normal load for the second (both Polywad) because it was hitting the first bird too hard. Both number 8 shot. I ordered the long barrels to control the swing. It worked perfectly for several years. My grown daughter decided to give it a try and it became "her" gun. She did well on the first covie shot but was slow on the second. I switched her to a spreader load on the first and one of the old "Gram Krack'r" loads on the second. This was a 5/8oz load of nickel plated 5's loaded with a full dose of filler. She killed the long shots dead as a hammer.

I later used it on doves in the fields shooting 1 oz of number 8 in the first barrel and the GramK'r load in the second. Their seemed to be no end to the killing range of the second barrel. It killed pheasants just as easily at 40-45 yds. I nevered patterend it but it seemed like those loads had about the same distance at whatever distance I shot.

I have noticed with hunting guns, if the gun will pattern properly I really like shooting 5 or 6 shot because they kill with less hits and are much easier to deal with for the table.