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Originally Posted by Ira Whitten
I am looking for a sub gauge either a 28 or 410. I found a couple nice AYA 28s on GB. For a little more money I could get a Berreta two barrel set in 28 and 410. I know some people don’t like the two barrel set idea because it’s a heavier frame. What do you think would be better? I don’t know a ton about AYA but from what I heave heard they made nice guns.
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The best thing you can do is to shoot someone's over and under or side X side 28 gauge and .410 before you buy anything. Those are
four very different guns in shooter effectiveness that you're talking about here. Shooting a 410 SxS can be VERY difficult if the gun is lite and whippy, and the vast majority of them are. You may become very frustrated very quickly. On the other hand, shooting a full size, modern 410 O/U could be much more enjoyable, however still difficult. But in either case you're typically shooting only 1/2 ounce of shot. Now contrast that with shooting a more full scale 28 gauge SxS and you can usually shoot them much better because of their weight and size and the fact that you're shooting
50% more shot; 3/4 of an ounce as compared to 1/2 ounce. Now think about shooting a Browning X25 series gun; 325, 425, 525, 625 or 725. They are made full scale and made to shoot game with their field guns or pound targets with their targets guns. They are much easier to shoot than about any other gun out there because of their dimensions and weight. I do have all of these different guns that you're talking about here and there's a huge difference in all of them, gauge wise and size/weight wise. I will say the Beretta 28/410 combo gun is built on a 28 gauge frame and those barrels will NOT fit on a Beretta 20 gauge frame. It is a smaller frame. Good luck. It only took me about 15 years to get through all of these different guns, so take it easy.