Old Browning 28 Gauge Ammunition

[28 gauge 2]

Any one remember these old Browning 28 gauge boxes and shells, from the 1970's.They were red paper and made by Winchester.I have a box that I bought back in that time.The sticker on the box says $5.25.



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[warzaw]

Not browning but i have a box of paper Super X 1 oz 7.5 shot made in Cobourg and a box of paper Imperial 3/4 oz #6 paid around that price back in the day.

 

[Falconflyer]

I didn’t have a 28 back in the seventies but that sounds like quite a lot of money for those times. I guess 28’s were always expensive to feed.

 

[warzaw]

It was big money I was making around $2 bucks a hour and our shop rate was $7 bucks for customers. Better times for sure all around life was much better.

 

[28 gauge 2]

Not browning but i have a box of paper Super X 1 oz 7.5 shot made in Cobourg and a box of paper Imperial 3/4 oz #6 paid around that price back in the day.

The first 28 gauge shells I bought were orange paper C-I-L Imperial.The cost was $3.65 a box in 1967.The first red paper Super-x 28 gauge shells I bought, were 3/4 ounce and cost$3.98.

The paper 1 ounce 28 gauge Super -X box you have.Is it marked magnum on the box?

 

[28 gauge 2]

I didn’t have a 28 back in the seventies but that sounds like quite a lot of money for those times. I guess 28’s were always expensive to feed.

When did you get your first 28 gauge and what was it?

 

[warzaw]

Yes they are marked Magnum and have sticker saying Winchester made in Cobourg. Caught the 28 bug reading Jack Oconner books. He had some of the best reads ever still have all his books. Started the journy with a Superposed and a Beretta BL3

 

[28 gauge 2]

Yes they are marked Magnum and have sticker saying Winchester made in Cobourg. Caught the 28 bug reading Jack Oconner books. He had some of the best reads ever still have all his books. Started the journy with a Superposed and a Beretta BL3

I have an empty box of the 28 gauge marked Magnum and another ,about a half full box,marked the same.Not sure if they are Cobourg manufacture or U.S. made.

Starting out your 28 gauge journey with a Browning Superposed ,is some way to start a journey.Pretty much down hill from there,unless you get a Winchester Model 21 28 gauge.LOL

So I take ,it you have been using the 28 gauge for sometime now?I got my first one as a gift,back in 1967.

 

[warzaw]

I have an empty box of the 28 gauge marked Magnum and another ,about a half full box,marked the same.Not sure if they are Cobourg manufacture or U.S. made.

Starting out your 28 gauge journey with a Browning Superposed ,is some way to start a journey.Pretty much down hill from there,unless you get a Winchester Model 21 28 gauge.LOL

So I take ,it you have been using the 28 gauge for sometime now?I got my first one as a gift,back

I have an empty box of the 28 gauge marked Magnum and another ,about a half full box,marked the same.Not sure if they are Cobourg manufacture or U.S. made.

Starting out your 28 gauge journey with a Browning Superposed ,is some way to start a journey.Pretty much down hill from there,unless you get a Winchester Model 21 28 gauge.LOL

So I take ,it you have been using the 28 gauge for sometime now?I got my first one as a gift,back in 1967.

A Superposed at that time had a retail price of $400 but that was a months wages for most of us.

 

[28 gauge 2]

A Superposed at that time had a retail price of $400 but that was a months wages for most of us.

My first work pay checks were often less than $100.00 for 2 weeks work, back in the early 1970's.Times have changed a lot since then.When I started driving, regular gas was 58 cents a Canadian gallon and high test was 62 cents a Canadian gallon.4.55 litres in a Canadian gallon.

I remember a fellow buying a Browning Superposed Grade I, in about 1977.It cost the huge then sum, of $1100.00.To pay $1000.00 back then for a gun ,was unheard of for a working person.The fellow who bought the gun, was the manger of the local bank.

When did you first get into the 28 gauge?

 

[Falconflyer]

When did you get your first 28 gauge and what was it?

My first 28 was a FAIR Tartaruga Gold 20/28 combo and I got it around 2005 maybe.... so 20 years ago or there abouts.

AA 28 gauge target loads were over $10/box at that time but I scored a helluva deal of about 20 flats for $29/flat at a close out sale so that kept me in cheap ammo for a while. These days I reload most of my 28's to keep the costs down.

 

[28 gauge 2]

My first 28 was a FAIR Tartaruga Gold 20/28 combo and I got it around 2005 maybe.... so 20 years ago or there abouts.

AA 28 gauge target loads were over $10/box at that time but I scored a helluva deal of about 20 flats for $29/flat at a close out sale so that kept me in cheap ammo for a while. These days I reload most of my 28's to keep the costs down.

That was a good deal on the 28 gauge shells.Do you now have any other 28 gauge guns ?If so what do you use them for?

 

[Falconflyer]

I also have a SKB GC7 Grade II sporting clays gun in 28 gauge. It has 30 inch barrels and extended choke tubes built on the 20 gauge frame so it has lots of heft for a sub gauge gun. It's a well made and solid gun for the price point and was much cheaper than a Browning or Beretta back when they came out about 15 years ago. The gun handles well but the triggers leave something to be desired and that is the only downside to it, of course if you never shoot anything with better triggers then you get used to them and don't tend to notice that they aren't very good.