I had an early 28 gauge Parker VH that was cylinder and full. I loved it because it worked so well on so many types of birds including clays. Sadly I let it go when times were tough. I was shooting a 12 gauge GH #1 frame with 2 1/2" RST 7/8 oz @ 1200 fps today and it accounted very well for itself with .005 & .027.

I use my 28" M/F 28ga bbls only for the longer shots I generally get at ptarmigan in the open brushy country where I hunt them. Otherwise it's the 26" set for grouse/woodcock.

I have a 28 VH with 26" barrels and it is choked IC/M and in 40 years has proven to be a great upland gun. That being said, my VHE 28 with 30" barrels, M/F is just a deadly dove and pheasant gun and has turned out to be a very competent clays gun to boot. Just ask Chuck Bishop.

When I was much younger I was obsessed with having the right chokes for the task at hand but as I grew older and somewhat wiser I realized that if the gun fit you well, it don't matter.

I have a 28 gauge, full & full. No small birds to hunt, so I hunt turkey. Spring & fall.
Bill

I have a VHE 28ga choked skt/skt that's great on all kinds of birds, an upgraded AHE with two sets of barrels. The Parker barrels are 26 inches IC/M and great on grouse, woodcock, pheasant and quail. The few times I have used the 28 inch barrels which are M/F have been on the sporting clays course.

Another reason the older guns,not just 28s,were choked tight is because the quality of the ammunition was nowhere near as good as what we have today.They needed more choke to hold the pattern.Today,you get an improved pattern out of a cylinder bore just because of the quality of modern shotshells.

And the plastic shot cup.





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My old Rem 870 .28 ga is marked MOD that I bought in 1976. I used to brag that it killed everything at any range. However when I miked it the choke turned out to be a .007 choke which amazed me.
The moral of the story is don't believe the markings on the barrels until the chokes are actually measured.
Check out the choke data and ranges below:

http://www.hallowellco.com/choke_chart.htm

I'm confused.... I thought the nominal bore diameter for a twenty-eight gauge was 0.55" ?

It looks like you're showing .410".... maybe I'm not reading it correctly?






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Go to the Hallowell link, the cut and paste that I did made it look different.