28ga, double triggers, splinter forarm

[David C Porter]

I have no involvement in the gun, but thought it will be of interest to you double triggers, splinter forarm guys.


https://www.gunsinternational.com/guns-for-sale-online/shotguns/parker-shotguns---reproduction/dhe-grade-winchester-parker-brothers-reproduction-28-ga-side-by-side-26--barrel-engraved.cfm?gun_id=103260135

[Greg Baehman]

Great gun in what many would consider the ideal configuration. :bowdown: I wonder, however; why the seller would omit how it's choked, as well as its dimensions?

What would be your ideal chokes for a 28ga. Repro w/26" bbls.? Would it be Q1/Q2 or IC/M? Which do you believe will appreciate the most over time?

[Bill Murphy]

I think the chokes of the 26" barrels are of no consequence concerning future value. The value of single barrel 26" guns will remain stagnant and 28" guns will continue to appreciate, with double trigger 28" guns leading the pack. This will be no news to those following this interesting market.

[Andrew Sacco]

It's a grouse gun that costs too much and has the wrong stock on it. If I could find a simple VH 28g with 26" barrels and pistol grip, even with a lot of honest wear, I'm all over it instead of this. This is a three legged dog. Cute, but nobody wants it.

[David C Porter]

If you don't like it, just move on. I'm sure others would love to have it.

[Dean Romig]

NICE gun!!





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[Bill Murphy]

David, thank you. "There is no bad advertising."

[Gerry Addison]

I think the chokes of the 26" barrels are of no consequence concerning future value. The value of single barrel 26" guns will remain stagnant and 28" guns will continue to appreciate, with double trigger 28" guns leading the pack. This will be no news to those following this interesting market.

I would have to respectfully disagree with this statement Bill. I believe the Q1 & Q2 chokes will always sell for a higher price than IC & Mod. The great majority of the 28 inch barrel guns have Mod & Full chokes which to me are worthless so you have to send them out and either have the chokes altered or screw in chokes installed both of which lower the value of the gun. Now if you can find a 28 gauge with 28 inch barrels with original open chokes then you really have something special. I've owned many 28GA reproduction guns and I've never had a 28" set of barrels with IC & Mod or Q1 & Q2 chokes. I know some exist, but they are few and far between. For grouse, woodcock, or quail hunting I'll take the Q1 & Q2 chokes any day over any other combination in the 28GA guns.

[Bill Murphy]

Gerry, for those who are going to quail hunt with their Repro, you are very right. For those who will shoot open country grouse, doves, pheasants, or other general clay target use, the IC and MOD gun may be preferred. I didn't hunt my Repros because of the value they lose when not near mint. I have a room full of real Parkers that have the first or second layer of finish worn off already. I remember my first successful grouse shot in Maine years ago. I picked him up, dead, at a measured 48 yards. I wouldn't have wanted to have a skeet bored 28 gauge that day.

[Dean Romig]

It has been my experience that the actual constrictions in the Repro chokes, in spite of how they’re stamped, are kind of all over the map.

I think that buying one to actually shoot at specific game or clay targets, actually measuring the choke constriction and patterning Repros is a better way to get what you want.





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[tom tutwiler]

Took me 5 years of hard looking to find a pistol grip version of the gun for sale having Q1 and Q2 chokes. It is the quintessential close Woodcock/Quail gun in every way possible and they bring big money these days. IC/Mod are most of what's encountered with 26" barrels by far.

[Dean Romig]

Took me 5 years of hard looking to find a pistol grip version of the gun for sale having Q1 and Q2 chokes. It is the quintessential close Woodcock/Quail gun in every way possible and they bring big money these days. IC/Mod are most of what's encountered with 26" barrels by far.

I have one that was originally a Pistol grip, double triggers, beavertail, Q1 and Q2 on 26” barrels that I have an interchangeable straight grip stock for and a set of added 28” IC MOD barrels for.
It will be a family heirloom… someday.





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[Andrew Sacco]

It has been my experience that the actual constrictions in the Repro chokes, in spite of how they’re stamped, are kind of all over the map.

I think that buying one to actually shoot at specific game or clay targets, actually measuring the choke constriction and patterning Repros is a better way to get what you want.

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Dean, my 28 Repro, although choke M/IM I believe, mic'd tighter than that and was close to F/F and patterned as such. Also it was a 70/30 shooter maybe closer to 80/20 and being a single trigger it doubled frequently after several attempted fixes and trigger jobs. I finally moved it on. I seriously couldn't hit anything with it and part of that was I was flinching from the persistent doubling.

[Kenny Graft]

I have tested the 28-gauge factory XXF choking on the 28"-barrel sets, I have several sets of them. Yes, they or over choke but they work properly. I have my notes on testing a set that had .033 in the full left barrel. Normal full choke in 28 gauge is listed to be .020 Tested on my steel patterning board at several known distances. Patterns were nice and even and would make a mess of a grouse at less than 20 to 25 yards with a direct hit! If you wanted to hunt turkey's out to 40 yards or so it would do a great job, patterns are even, and the gun shoots perfect point of aim. I also tested with several factory loads of 7 1/2 and 5-s. Conclusion, while .033 is much more choke than I would use for upland bird hunting the choke does what it is intended to do and does not throw defective patterns that I shot. I don't hunt wild roosters with my 28-s but if I did the full would work as intended stating at 25 yards out to about 40. SXS Ohio