How 'bout some 28s?!
 

Sorting through some photos and came across this. I love the 28, and in whatever form it takes. These are several from the safe.

(From the top: 24 inch MacNaughton, 28 inch Watson Brothers, 28 inch Holland and Holland, 26 inch Thomas Bland)

What, no Parker 28’s Garry??

You need a Parker 28.





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Ha! I have more 28s, including a nice little DHE that fits me well and has taken wild Bobs on special occasions.

a 28 and dinner
 

How about a repro 28?? Took my first quail with it... And Bev turned it into dinner:)

Here's one of my favorites. I have been loading 28s today - sending several to be tested.

Last fall upstate NY.

Last fall in NY 28ga DHE Repro

My 28 repro

Wow! Keep those photos coming!!

...a Repro 28, a woodcock, and 3 year old "Fish".

Vhe and dhe 28 ga

28 Gauges
 

Under the thread heading of "Other Fine Doubles" I thought I would show a couple of little Beretta 28 gauges. One is a 410E with the nicest little beavertail forend on it. And the other one is a pretty rare Beretta 28 gauge hammer gun with 2-1/2" chambers. They are both a lot of fun to shoot. And then there are the Brownings and the Merkel, but those 4 are O/Us.
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Three years ago in Aroostic county, tight against Canada for most of a week with the Old Pats Society we had a 28 gauge Parker “Show & Tell” display.
What a wonderful bunch of grouse and woodcock hunters these guys are.


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Zoli 28g with 29.5" barrels. Love this gun.

One of my proudest shots ever. VHE 28ga Skeet gun.
Gracie pointed this cock grouse in a tight spot under a cluster of snowberry bushes. I couldn’t walk it to flush it so I gave Gracie the “Okay get ‘im!”
The bird came out and up like a station 8 low-house. I don’t really remember what I did but I could feel the instinct in me and swung through Bum Belly Beak Bang!
I took its head completely off…



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Dean I recall you posting that pic before of the table full of 28s! Would love to have the opportunity to examine that many Parker 28s at one time. Looks like 3 were 28" and the balance 26". And many with beavertails! I really like a small beavertail on a 28 gauge Parker.

You’re right on all accounts Reggie.





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Dean, do you still have the 28 gauge VHE Skeet?

Yes I do Bill… why?





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Unfortunately I was not able to attend that year to see all of them and to meet you, Dean. I could have added my own VH 28 to that display but no longer have it. Over the years we have had many "Show Your Parkers" nights during the Old Pat's gatherings, but none so impressive as this 28 gauge display.

I’m sorry we missed you Scott!





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That is quite a display and quite an enviable group to be a part of. 28 day!

RBL-28 30-inch mod & full --

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First rooster with it back in 2008 --

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I also have an RBL 28, but can't locate a photo. Here are a few others from the safe. Two other AyAs, including a Number 2 are also not present.

Below are my John Dickson and AyA #453. The Dickson was the gun I used almost exclusively for many years and which has taken the vast majority of my birds from days when we had birds. It's a 1930s gun, and Jack Rowe told me he knew one of the workers whose mark appears on the gun. The AyA was a stand-in gun that I used after I broke the stock of the Dickson (the stock you see is a Jack Rowe made replacement). I had visited Mr. Rowe in Enid, OK the prior year to have a dent removed from the right barrel of the Dickson (slipped on an icy bluff while grouse hunting in NE Iowa). When Jack saw the broken stock he admonished me, "You shouldn't be allowed to have this little gun!" He was probably right.:rotf:

This thread has produced some great stuff. Thanks to those who have posted...and keep 'em coming. I'm still searching for a photo of my DHE.

Not the best photo, but the first I could find. An early 1920s DHE. It has tight chokes...and tenderizes some of the centered birds.:crying: (But, I'm not complaining!)

Here is a DH 28ga. with a 26" damascus barrels. Always a treat to shoot clays or hunt with...

Jay, did you buy that beauty from Bill Hadfield?

I loved that gun but couldn’t afford it :crying:




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Jay that's a stunner...

Jay, that’s a stunner. Where’s the drool emoji when you need it!?

A couple more pictures of the Old Pat 28 ga group.

More drool! Thanks, Jeff!!

Nothing like a boatload of hinge pins to start your day, eh?

Dean, I did not get this from directly from Bill, but I believe this is the same one he had for awhile

Pointer.

https://i.imgur.com/eOx3xdc.jpg

Jay, I don’t know of a better DH 28 gauge with Damascus barrels!





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That’s a stunner Bobby!




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I love my 28s. I have a Savage Milano (FAIR) OU, a FAIR Iside Basic and an old Stoeger Zephyr ( Victor Sarasqueta )

Iside
https://i.imgur.com/ouTug76.jpg

1961 Stoeger
https://i.imgur.com/76Vk5r4.jpg

Video: Quail with the 28ga Iside

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_fOXeXOHx2M

Back to "Other Fine Doubles" some from Ithaca Gun Co. A fully Turnbullized Flues No. 1 Special with 30-inch barrels --

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In the spirit of "never-say-never" the Ithaca Gun Co. catalogs of the period only catalogued 28-gauges with 24- and 26-inch barrels.

A NID No. 2 --

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A NID No. 1 that must be one of the last before that grade was dropped from the line --

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