General consensus of repro values

[tom tutwiler]

In June of this year I picked up a 28 gauge Double Trigger Repro DHE with Q1 and Q2 chokes with 26" barrel in 99.5 % plus condition with the case for $4,900 on GB. Not sure how scarce that was, but it was the chokes I wanted for hunting Woodcock/Quail in Va. I had been looking for a long long time. PS. I set my bid at $5K and went to bed as the auction ended after 11 PM.

[Bill Murphy]

I have always held out for 28" Repros, but variety is the spice of life and maybe I would be up for a 26" gun like Tom found. A 28 gauge double trigger 26" gun might be my next find. Pistol grip or straight, doesn't matter, but my previous Repros have been straight grip. How many of these things do we really need? Maybe I should add a single trigger Repro to my collection.

[Wild Skies]

IMO, 28ga. 26" Repros are under-valued and 28ga. 28" Repros are a little over-hyped. The mantra has been the 26 inchers are whippy -- mainly because they're so light, some theorize that a beavertail forend to the 26" guns adds enough weight to counteract the whippiness. The 28" barrel length is a cure-all. I don't buy any of that. I maintain it's the way one shoots the gun that carries the lions-share of difference regarding any whippiness and feel of the gun. I own and shoot two different 28ga. Repros, a 26" IC/M, SG, SPL, DT single-set carry gun for hunting and a 2-bbl. set 26" Q1/Q2, 28" M/F, PG, SPL, DT gun for targets. (I prefer a straight grip over a pistol grip as a carry gun and I prefer a PG over a SG as a target gun). Over the past several decades I estimate that I take ~500 shots at a clay target for every shot I take at a game bird and have found that if I shoot like I'm on a turret, swinging and rotating strictly as one unit from the waist up, I have no preference of barrel length -- 26" and 28" barrel lengths feel about the same. It's when I get armsy and handsy will I notice whippiness of a light and short barreled gun. In addition, for those hunting woods birds will find that a 26" Repro will be handier, lighter and nothing short of pure joy to carry.

YOMV.