28 gauge
 

I’ve kinda been looking for a decent 28 gauge preferably O/U for my wife . I’d be most satisfied with an older Browning Citori or Winchester 101 but that may not be the best economical option . Anyway after perusing GB and looking at a multitude of new guns that were 28’s something started becoming noticeable ! They were mostly all 3” chamber guns :eek: Now to each his own , but I don’t get it . If I want more shot I can step up a gauge or two .

I guess it's the "better have it and not need it than need it and not have it" principle.

I read there was a company a few years back producing a 16 gauge 3" .
Didnt you know all gauges beside the 410 are obsolete now because of TSS shot lol ? Thats what I heard a turkey hunter say one day at the local FFL .

Does it have to be a o/u ? theres quite a bit of options these days for a decent 28 gauge .

I’m pretty particular about what I buy . And my war against Wild Turkey that wasn’t in a bottle ceased twenty years ago .

Well I dont think you could go wrong with a Browning or Beretta o/u , 95% of the guns that visited the plantation were one of those two and the occasional eccentric would bring a nice sxs .

a model 1100 Remington 28 ga is a soft shooting good handling gun....charlie

You really can't go wrong with a Beretta Silver Pigeon 1. They are very well built and about as economical as you can find in a good O/U. I just bought my grandson one, he loves it, and now my wife wants one as well.

Are you looking for a 28 ga. on a scaled down frame? Browning makes the Citori on a 20 ga frame. Pretty sure Beretta produces their 28’s on scaled down frames but I’m not sure who else does. How about Guerini?

Pretty much an economical 28 gauge that I consider decent quality . I had a Browning 725 32" 28 gauge in my hands at the shop a couple years back . Someone had brought it in for something or other anyway that gun felt really really good . But I doubt a 32" gun is what the doctor ordered for my wife . A 26" older Citori or 101 or Red Label should fill the bill . That little Orvis/Beretta 2 barrel set in the for sale part of this forum would be just about perfect but it's a bit more than I wanna put in a shotgun for her .

Beretta.
Best gun for the money.

How about the Orvis 20/28 listed currently in the "For Sale" section?

You didn’t read my last post and yes that gun intrests me quite a bit . But I’ve decided I’m going to take my VH 28 in to the shop today and put it on the bandsaw to fit the wife ........ NOT ......... NOT ....... NOT .......... 😂😂😂😂

Just happened upon a 28 ga Browning "Gran Lightning" which is basically a Citori with high grade wood. The gun with 28" barrels weights....8-lb,2-oz? Can that be correct? It's a over a pound heavier than the 410 on the same frame. Holy crap, that's heavy.

My Gran Lightning in 20 ga weighs 6-12. Something is wrong.

I think something is definitely wrong. My 20 ga. White Lightning with 28" barrels weighs 6 lb. 10 oz.

I agree. Maybe 7-2? Citori’s seem to fit everyone pretty well and there are several configurations to chose from. My only criticism is they are built on a 20 ga frame.

I also looked at Beretta guns and I was surprised to see how much some of them models retail price for some of the models.

I have never paid retail for a Beretta. I have a bag of them.

28 gauge
 

I bought this Browning 525 from the World's Foremost Outfitter cheap to keep around for kids and women that visit and want to shoot. I also take it to our corporate shoots for the women that want to shoot in those events. And anyone who shoots it loves it. And they do surprisingly well with it typically. It has 26" barrels and that makes it easy for the smaller people to handle. I just weighed it and it weighs 6 lbs 13 oz and it has screw in chokes. Any of the Brownings or Berettas are great choices IMHO.
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Does Guerini build their 28’s on a scaled down frame? Guerini blitzed the market when they first released the guns. Seems they have a lot of models, configurations, and barrel lengths. How and where they fit in, in terms of quality and value? For some one looking for a decent 28 ga. O/U are they a solid option?

Yes, they are built on gauge specific frames. I had a Guerini 28ga for a while. I sold it and bought a 12ga for clays. Kinda wish I'd kept the 28. They're not entry level guns, as they're fairly pricey. Well made. They have field models up through super fancy grades with lots of engraving and such. Various bells and whistles on different models.

The Ruger Red Label 28 gauge is a great O/U built on a scaled frame.

I had forgotten that Ruger made a 28ga. RL. The 12’s and 20’s are a bit on the heavy side, how are the 28’s?

One of the guys who shoots with us on Thursdays shoots some Berretta, and his daughter shoots a 20ga. Ruger. The Ruger is very noticeably heavier than the Berretta.

I had a Ruger RL 20 that I shot for years at trap, Skeet and upland and never noticed it to be heavy.





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We have something in the shop that’ll fit the bill just fine if I can get it in a 28 . A friend ordered an CZ (Huglu) 20 gauge with a shorter LOP for his daughter . If I can get one of those in 28 I’ll be satisfied . Plus my cost on the thing is VERY reasonable . I may let her try shooting my Parker 28 that’s on the HEAVY 20 gauge 0 frame :rolleyes: And I “might” let her try the Superposed 28 28” that’s sitting in one of my saves .

I have several friends that have or have had Red Label 28’s . They all seemed pleased with them . My old grouse hunting partner at one point had a pair of Red Label 20’s , one was his grouse gun and the other had been tubed by Briley with full length 28 and 410 insert tubes to be used as his skeet gun . Oh both of those 20’s they were the earlier blued frame guns . I wouldn’t be adverse to a nice old blued frame 20 for her and load it down a skoosh .