Who shoots a 28 gauge?

Henry, My daily shooter for ducks is an 870 that I have had for 36 years. It had it cerakoted a few years ago because it was down to bare metal just about everywhere and would rust if you looked at it funny. I typically keep the "nice " guns for upland
 
Academy Sports has some 28 ga O/U at incredible prices. Made in Turkey, they come with 5 choke tubes, selective trigger and auto ejectors. I shoot skeet with one. Trouble free so far and Briley's does the warranty work in the USA.
 
D. Hinton said:
Thanks for the replies.
Is all 28 gauge tungsten being discontinued or just in boss loads?
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I'm not sure about factory loads of tss. I load my own.

Pretty simple to do and not as expensive to get into as you might think. That and the handload data for tss is worlds better then what I have seen people post and talk about with factory tss ammo.
 
Clinton John said:
I'm not sure about factory loads of tss. I load my own.

Pretty simple to do and not as expensive to get into as you might think. That and the handload data for tss is worlds better then what I have seen people post and talk about with factory tss ammo.
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It's something I've pondered from time to time, as I shoot mostly "off" gauges (28 and 16). I'm going to start a thread asking for reloading equipment, supply, and recipe/technique recommendations.
 
Picked up a Tristar G2 28 this past spring. Great shooting little gun. Only feathers its drawn so far have been several crows but it did a great job on those with 1 oz. 7.5,s . Have purchased some Boss Bismuth loads to get a baseline for a reload & choke combo and which i,ll put together soon. Going to put it to use on waterfowl this fall. Years ago I shot quite a bit of sporting clays and doves with a fixed Skt. choke 28 1100 I had . Sweet gun but just wasn,t versatile enough with the fixed skt. choke for my liking for a lot of hunting. Sold it of course, Dum move.
 
I got my first 28ga in 2005 as a present to myself for surviving open heart surgery. I've been reloading shotshells since about 1960 so of course bought 28ga MEC 650. It's about all I shoot anymore. I've loaded tons of lead shot as well as Bismuth, steel, Hevishot and variants. The pic is by Phil Nowack on our 28ga Can hunt last November with his boy Otter. We shot our cans with #8 TSS. Just picked up a new Benelli Ethos Cordoba 28ga with the B.E.S.T. metal finish last winter to take to Texas next month for hunting the salt.
 

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Pete McMiller said:
I got my first 28ga in 2005 as a present to myself for surviving open heart surgery. I've been reloading shotshells since about 1960 so of course bought 28ga MEC 650. It's about all I shoot anymore. I've loaded tons of lead shot as well as Bismuth, steel, Hevishot and variants. The pic is by Phil Nowack on our 28ga Can hunt last November with his boy Otter. We shot our cans with #8 TSS. Just picked up a new Benelli Ethos Cordoba 28ga with the B.E.S.T. metal finish last winter to take to Texas next month for hunting the salt.
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Is that a phowler prowler
 
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I am pretty certain that a 28 would do well on ducks based on my experience with the .410.

I have a TriStar G2 .410 as the backup to my normal 20.

My non-scientific test was using the gun on a sea duck hunt in SF Bay.

I shot a combination of steel 6s, bismuth 4s, and tungsten 9s.

Tungsten was obviously the best. I could confidently cartwheel scoters at the outer edge of the decoys, which was maybe a 40 yard shot? If price were no object, a 410 with tss would kill anything I am likely to shoot at.

Bismuth performed down the middle. I had a bit less killing ability than with the tungsten, but I was still quite confident at all ranges.

Steel brought up the rear, mostly because there just are not that many steel pellets in a 410 shell. The holes in the pattern were obvious. I had to hold off to shoot until the ducks were very close, maybe within 20 yards. This is not to say that there was not enough energy in the pellets, just not enough pellets. I killed a cripple that was swimming outside the decoys with steel, but it was clearly a lucky shot. More often, they kept swimming.

Bumping up to a 28 would have worked fine.
 
I shot a SBE3 28ga all last season. I load my own HW13#6 (7/8) and TSS in 3/4 oz. Both loads have more pellets than 12ga #2 and more knock down. I stocked up when shot was economical... so.. I am set on shot...

How I missed the first shot!!!!!!!!:rolleyes:(don't lead birds that are that close!) but made up for it with the 2nd shot.

 
I have a Remington Sporting 28 (1100). I haven’t taken it waterfowl hunting yet. I did take it to South Dakota pheasant hunting a few years ago. Honestly, I did better with it than I did with my 12 gauge. I’m looking at buying some TSS loads for it this year. There’s a guy in Sterling, Michigan that manufactures all kinds of TSS loads, Red Dawn Shotshells. https://www.reddawnshotshells.com/collections. They’re pricey but what isn’t these days. I looked into buying the components and loading them myself but I think I was only going to save about $0.80 per shot shell. Noah Shaver or Clinton John may be able to weigh in better on the per shell costs.
 
Fred McIntire said:
I have a Remington Sporting 28 (1100). I haven’t taken it waterfowl hunting yet. I did take it to South Dakota pheasant hunting a few years ago. Honestly, I did better with it than I did with my 12 gauge. I’m looking at buying some TSS loads for it this year. There’s a guy in Sterling, Michigan that manufactures all kinds of TSS loads, Red Dawn Shotshells. https://www.reddawnshotshells.com/collections. They’re pricey but what isn’t these days. I looked into buying the components and loading them myself but I think I was only going to save about $0.80 per shot shell. Noah Shaver or Clinton John may be able to weigh in better on the per shell costs.
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When TSS was $36/#.. my shells are are about $2.20... from what I have seen .. it is about $4.50-$5.00 each when you buy it .
 
Phil Nowack said:
When TSS was $36/#.. my shells are are about $2.20... from what I have seen .. it is about $4.50-$5.00 each when you buy it .
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When I was getting tss for that price. The loads I use were coming out right at 2 dollars a shot.

It's more per shell now with ge increased price of tss. But the increase in leathality is to great for me to ever go back to steel shot.

If anyone is looking for a simple well put together 28 gauge tss waterfowl load.

Look for bullet225 on YouTube and then find his website. He has load data for sale at 4 dollars.

I use his load data for my 28 gauge. Great load.
 
Fred McIntire said:
I have a Remington Sporting 28 (1100). I haven’t taken it waterfowl hunting yet. I did take it to South Dakota pheasant hunting a few years ago. Honestly, I did better with it than I did with my 12 gauge. I’m looking at buying some TSS loads for it this year. There’s a guy in Sterling, Michigan that manufactures all kinds of TSS loads, Red Dawn Shotshells. https://www.reddawnshotshells.com/collections. They’re pricey but what isn’t these days. I looked into buying the components and loading them myself but I think I was only going to save about $0.80 per shot shell. Noah Shaver or Clinton John may be able to weigh in better on the per shell costs.
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With the cost of tss shot right now. Your not saving a great amount per shell vs buying factory ammo.

But what I have found is my handloads, still out perform the factory tss ammo options. By a large margin.

The factory rounds, just seem too pattern to tight for my needs.Even when using a cylinder choke.
 
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