Why do these things never happen to me.....

I used to be a goose guide but I never had anybody give me their gun after they missed three in a row.

If those Chicago boys that used to come down and hunt with us did that sort of thing I'd have a pickup truck load.


DLH

Dean,
I'm guessing your not the only one who is wondering the same thing.:)

The guy was shooting waterfowl with a 28 gauge with 26" barrels? No wonder he couldn't hit anything, much less bring it down.

By the early 1930s the progressive burning powder 28-gauge shells, such as Western Cartridge Co.'s Super-X, were on the market, packing a full 3/4 ounce of shot. Plenty for ducks over decoys at 35 yards or less. Many shooters out in the great California Central Valley duck clubs were using long barrel Parker Bros. 20- and 28-gauges in the days when the 28-gauge shells packed 1 3/4 drams of bulk smokeless powder and 5/8 ounce of shot, from the early days of the 28-gauges.

From the mid-seventies to early eighties Federal offered a 7/8oz load in the 28ga. with 7 1/2's. When the Bozos in DC dictated steel shot in the 12ga. I switched over to 20 and 28ga for waterfowl. Believe me when I tell you that a 28ga. is plenty lethal when you pick your shots especially over dekes.

Not to hijack but this is a 28 ga. and those are ducks. :) Photos are 1 year apart and one is a crummy copy of a copy.

I've seen ducks killed with a .410, you've just got to pick your shoots and get them real close when you use a smallbore. I don't like picking my shots, I like to take them as they come, so I used something a bit larger. Different strokes for different folks, that's what makes all this conversation so fun.


Destry

Yeah, its about a once a year thing for me and always over decoys, of course, and the M/F barrels. Normally I use something larger. I like the 16 ga. but usually its a 12. We finally have some geese coming in to our ponds and only 3 days left of the season. I plan to try for some tonight and NOT with a 28 ga! Will post a pic if successful. Will use the 12 ga. VH w/ full and fuller chokes.

Thanks for the education on small bores for waterfowl. (My problem is I don't know what I don't know.) That looks like a long barreled 28, Peter. What are its dimensions? I did see a 16 gauge DHE last week on a #1 frame with 32" barrels. I was told there is a Parker letter tracing it to a group of 3 ordered by members of California duck club.

Don't worry Dean, You'll never be as bad as me. I shot my gun in the air one time and missed.