If I'm not mistaken the 28 gauge in NSSA competition consistently showed a higher average compared with the 12,20 or .410.

A 28 gauge Parker DHE was WHF’s favorite Skeet gun… and his favorite grouse gun as well.





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Bear in mind it was thirty or more years ago but my 410 average was right at 97 but the other three stayed a bit above 98 . By no means all that great but I was happy with . And of the three over 98% the 28 was usually .1-.2% above the 12 and 20 . I think when it was all said and done I had as many if not more hundred straights with the 28 than I did the 20 . As to the 12 gauge most of the 100’s I scored in that gauge were shot with a 20 only 12 100 straights I shot with a 12 were done with an 1100 or 11/87 .

If you look at NSSA averages for a AAA shooter the 12-20-28 are all .25% apart, the .410 is 2% lower (this is for classification not the scores). I take that to mean that over a long time with shooters of similar ability the .410 is 2% less effective but still shooting 96.5%. For the average bird hunter/recreational shooter I'm not sure that translates at all.

I'd love to have a VH Parker in both .410 and 28. BUT, no way I'm dumping that kind of scratch into a shotgun. If I have that kind of disposable cash it'll buy something that with one pull of the trigger can do a mag dump. To each his own.