What's wrong???

[Wilmurt]

On Saturday took my newly purchased 28 ga Parker Repro w/26" IC/M barrels sporting clay shooting and could not bust a damn clay if my life depended on it. Went out today with the 20 ga Repro w/28" 16 ga barrel and hit my normal 50-60% as well as with my Win 21 with 26" skeet barrels. Ran into a Class 3 instructor in the parking lot and lamented my woes to him. He seemed to focus, not on barrel length or gauge, but on gun weight. Said the 28 ga at 5.5 lbs may be to whippy leading to too much barrel movement thus poor shots. My 16 ga PR weighs a pound more than the 28 ga and the Win 21 almost 2 lbs more. Have others heard the same reasoning?

Getting ready for grouse season so I'll guess I'll be taking a few lessons this summer.