It might be worth noting that George Bird Evans after years of carrying Dr. Charles Norris’s Purdey in later years decided to lay it aside and carry an AYA 28 gauge . Now I think that was partly brought on by a bad shoulder , but none the less he still went to a 28 .

And, you, young man, have almost 30 years before you get to that point.:):corn:

We all know how quickly that time goes don't we? I bought my first 28 Parker exactly 50 years ago and we've become quite attached. The 28's will be the last to go.

I sold off or traded all of my 12 ga Parkers years ago. Now, only shoot 20's. I did buy a 28 ga but it's a Beretta 28 over/under. Very nice and fun to shoot. Have only shot skeet with it but will shoot quail this season with it. My longer term plan is to pick up a 28 ga Parker Repro when my financial stars align for me.

I should hope to make it to 90 :rotf:

I'm on a small gauge bent myself.

I am in midst of pairing down some of my nice guns, into fewer nicer guns.

A 28 may be in order, but I have to get my hands on my 20ga first. :D

I have a fairly nice 20ga O/U that I had planned to sell, and still might. But when I went down to my gun safe and pulled out to take pics of it, pulled it out of it's sock, then said, nope... not today..... :D I might sell one of my 12ga Citori instead......

I am doing the same thing. I am slowly putting together a pile to send on. Some I bought for my wife and she never shoots them, so those are easy.

Yes, you need a 20 and a 28 . . . and a 16 . . . and then lots of them

Next season I’m thinking some quail with a 410 needs to happen . I’ve been thinking this for the last two seasons but never followed thru . Won’t happen with a Parker 410 as I doubt I ever find one I’m comfortable affording . But I do have a rather nice little IJ Hercules straight grip and a somewhat beat up Crescent Arms that someone extended the stock . When I have my stuff straight I can hit with either pretty well .

I happen to think you can get by with a 16 and 28 for just about all bird hunting. There's something about a 28 kills pheasants like they got hit by a truck, and I do believe it's God's favorite gauge. Re-read Michael McIntosh's essay on them. I have a Repro 28 (that I admittedly don't shoot so well) and a Benelli Ethos Sport in 28, now that's a blast. It will smoke clays if I do my part. I had an old box of RST 1oz 1300fps 28g shells laying around (pigeon loads) and that Ethos just took the heads off roosters, and easy to carry at 5lbs and a few ounces. If we had quail I'd take a 28 over all others but that's just me. I cringe at all the aYa's and Uggie's I passed up years ago because they were "too expensive" to buy. Hindsight.