VHE 28 in SD
 

It's such a pleasure carrying my magic wand here on the prairies.

I gotta agree that little gun handles some kind of good :cool:

Especially with a 40mph tailwind.:bowdown: She's quick to the bird.

I sat on a gun show table for days next to the table that displayed that gun for sale. I did not take the bait because I already owned a couple of V Grade 28s. At the time, I foolishly didn't recognize that a couple of inches more barrel would translate into "I need to own that gun". At least Daryl kept his 28 from being sold out of town. Have a nice pheasant, guys.

The fellow Daryl got that gun from offered me one two or three years ago . And I’d agreed to take it , but the guy he was going to obtain it from renigged on the deal . I would like to have had the gun but I’m not sad about not having to write the check for it . And I’d not have been intrested in acquiring one if I hadn’t shot Daryl’s :rotf::rotf::rotf:

They are truly a swift bolt of lightning... at least the ones I've been lucky enough to own. :whistle:





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I had an 0 frame VH 26” that was a death ray on quail but Daryl’s 30” reaches out a good ways and smites down clay targets . Of this I know from personal experience .

I have only hunted my 28ga repro so far this year, fast,easy carry and death on birds. I call her my magic gun.

I have now been shooting my first and favorite 28 gauge Parker for 64 years. I love telling that story. What a gun.

Another member and I shoot 2-3 times a week. We aren't really shooting FITASC, per se, but at the 9 targets on each parcour. We laughed when we look in the bucket at all the 11/8oz 12 bore hulls, and there we are shooting our 28 pea shooters. Yesterday, Allen shot 3 rounds with his 000 frame 410. If I could find ammo, I'd try my Winchester 9mm.

Is that at Peace Dale Edgar?





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Hartford Gun Club. 3 miles away. I don't think I've been to Peacedale since August. We did shoot Addieville last week and despite no golf carts and having to walk the course with Jay, and Allen, I shot pretty well, though I couldn't stand upright.

Dorothy and I are planning to go to Addieville soon. We shot at Scarborough F&G about a month ago. I'd like her to see (experience) Bill's shop but she wants to see Robin as well. The two of them struck it up well when we were at Morris' place back in June.





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I took my Parker Repro 28 with 28” barrels and DT out to SD last week…took a sharpy and a chicken on my walk I made last Friday, then finished my 3 bird pheasant limit on Monday by 10:31 am, hunting some small cattail sloughs. I was shooting 1 oz of #5 lead for pheasants, and 15/16 oz of lead #6’s for the prairie birds on Friday. My gun was super tight when I acquired it 4-5 years ago, so I had Mr. Eyster open it up in 2022…I sat in his shop while he worked on it…very cool experience! It’s currently around .014/.024….I forgot, I used it extensively in ND as well last month hunting sharpy’s and huns…love it, love it, love it! I waited til week 2 to break it out there, due to the chokes. Despite being fairly tight, I’ve shot it really well (for me!). The 3 pheasants in 31 minutes was really fun, especially since all the action occurred in a 6-7 minute span….will never forget that. Me and my 9 year old lab…pretty lonely, remote spot….all to ourselves…🍻👍😄

Repro
 

That one is sure a pretty one to take afield.

Been here in SD for a week, broke out my
Repro 28 gauge for the first time today…solo, can do what I want…hit some small covers, had 2 flushes I took shots at, 2 roosters down and in the vest. The 1 oz of #5 lead loads have worked great. First bird was taken by my
2nd shot, the full tube, the 2nd bird fell to the first shot, my modified tube. Dog on it right away, and in the vest pretty quickly. 5/5 thus far on birds hit with this gun…there was a miss on first walk with this gun about 12 days ago. Love it! Really enjoying hunting with it for roosters, primarily when out solo, hunting small covers. A true joy!

Wow, talk about being hijacked.:) Just wanted to add that the VHE sports 30" tubes and is choked IM/F and just loves 3/4oz of 7 1/2's. I know I will be flamed for using 7 1/2's but they work. Period! 5's and 6's just don't have the pattern density and they destroy too much meat. YMMV.

I’ve killed hundreds of South Dakota pheasants with 7 1/2 shot. I’ve rarely shot anything but at upland birds in the last 30 years.

Same here Dan.

30" VHE Straight Grip
 

I will say that this little 30" straight grip with a single trigger and no safety is a delight to carry. But, I will also say you'd better be dead on with the shot because it is tightly choked.

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What a beauty that one is!!





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What a great VHE, Larry. Is the full choke tighter than a Repro? Normal Repro full chokes are .039.

you can't beat 7 1/2 shot for all manner of upland birds/game

I reload with #6, 7 and 8 but rarely shoot #6. If I’m buying ammo I buy 7.5 and 8 but shoot #8 more often than the others combined.





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