alendil Posted October 5, 2012 Report Share Posted October 5, 2012 Hello Just quick one i was after .410 but performence was on wee side. how about 28g are this any better. i can get odl remington rolling block ( circa 1890) turn in to 28g shotgun. i like the gun shots realy well ( holds good tight pattern on 25m) but is it good one to get its cost 150 gbp and is on SG ticket. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EdSolomons Posted October 5, 2012 Report Share Posted October 5, 2012 28g is far more versatile than the .410 You can chuck very little or upto 28g if required, the .410 you are limited to 25 yards at best for consistent kills Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dougall Posted October 5, 2012 Report Share Posted October 5, 2012 well done Ed on understanding that.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshwarrior Posted October 5, 2012 Report Share Posted October 5, 2012 28 bore is one of the best patterning guns out there I use mine 25g of 5s for nearly everything love it. Good patterns kill and not weight of shot you can get 28g but I fine 25g the best or 23g of 7 for clays. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackinbox99 Posted October 5, 2012 Report Share Posted October 5, 2012 When i was looking at a .410 o/u falco for my dad, the local gunshop tried to convince me that i should go for a 28g instead. Ended up buying neither of them, but he did put forward a very good case for the 28g. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steyrman Posted October 5, 2012 Report Share Posted October 5, 2012 Excellent calibre i have been using 17gram 6's and it is awesome Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerry31 Posted October 5, 2012 Report Share Posted October 5, 2012 A great calibre once you tried one you'll be smitten Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catweazle Posted October 5, 2012 Report Share Posted October 5, 2012 28 bore is one of the best patterning guns out there I use mine 25g of 5s for nearly everything love it. Good patterns kill and not weight of shot you can get 28g but I fine 25g the best or 23g of 7 for clays. Yours might pattern well, but many people have found that a long thin shot column doesn't pattern as well as a short fat one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshwarrior Posted October 5, 2012 Report Share Posted October 5, 2012 Yours might pattern well, but many people have found that a long thin shot column doesn't pattern as well as a short fat one. Must have bought the best 2 around reason I tried 28 bore is I read an article say how we'll they pattern!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alendil Posted October 5, 2012 Author Report Share Posted October 5, 2012 And how about gun itself its old but work spot on Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bicykillgaz Posted October 5, 2012 Report Share Posted October 5, 2012 I love .410's but the problem with most is they are too tightly choked, I had an anschutz bolt action which was choked 1/4 and used fiocchi magnum 19g no6 to devastating effect on crows, it patterned really well for not been full choke and killed well out to 25-30 yards on crows. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M.I.A Posted October 5, 2012 Report Share Posted October 5, 2012 If you dOnt but the rolling block I'd be interested in buying it, like collecting things like this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cottonseed Posted October 5, 2012 Report Share Posted October 5, 2012 I agree with above comments about the 28, but to be honest the nicest thing about is its generally a light gun with a decent punch. You won't appreciate its finer points in a heavy converted rolling block.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisAsh Posted October 6, 2012 Report Share Posted October 6, 2012 (edited) All shotguns will pattern well if they have the right conbination of choke, shot and powder unless there is something drastically wrong with the barrel Each gauge will traditionally have it's optimum load 12g about 28-36gram, 20g about 24-28gram, 28 g about 16-20 gram and 410 about 9-14gram There are plenty of variations above or below these numbers with 12 g going up to i think 60 gram and so on down the line, but i think the best patterns will probably be between the above sort of numbers All that said the price of 28g guns is often quite high and matches the price of it's cartridges, me i would haveboth 28 and 410 if i could afford it but just have remington 1100 lw 410 which is great fun for sporting and skeet using 14 gram x no 9's Edited October 6, 2012 by ChrisAsh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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