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In the April 2008 issue of the Handloader there is a very good article on the 28 gauge.The author of the article, Mr.John Barsness uses his 28 gauge on many different types of game.

There are also some 28 gauge 3/4 and 7/8 ounce lead hand loads as well as some 28 gauge 3/4 ounce load Bismuth hand loads.Bismuth being lighter, the 3/4 ounce Bismuth load has about 10 to 15 percent more shot than a 3/4 ounce lead load.

Anyone else have a chance to read this article?
 
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In the April 2008 issue of the Handloader there is a very good article on the 28 gauge.The author of the article, Mr.John Barsness uses his 28 gauge on many different types of game.

There are also some 28 gauge 3/4 and 7/8 ounce lead hand loads as well as some 28 gauge 3/4 ounce load Bismuth hand loads.Bismuth being lighter, the 3/4 ounce Bismuth load has about 10 to 15 percent more shot than a 3/4 ounce lead load.

Anyone else have a chance to read this article?
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Yup, pretty good article, actually.
I use some of the same load data as well...
Cat
 
I bought the issue specifically for this article and it was a good promotional piece for the 28 gauge but it was lacking in several respects.

He says he couldn't find a pressure tested 1 ounce load. There's at least one on the Hodgdon site. There are also many Bismuth loads there which presumably where he found the ones listed in the article.

The Winchester recipe he listed was for AA hulls which haven't been produced in some years. Really helpful to reloaders might have been a discussion about AAHS hulls. AAHS hulls and the wads are different in a couple of respects from the older AA. To me this looked like a cut and paste job by a guy who didn't research the subject very well.

What was also interesting was his loads only mentioned "Federal plastic field" hulls. There was nothing about Gold Medals most likely because of the hull separation problem experienced by many reloaders including me with Gold Medals.

I'd previously read the Gough Thomas comments about the holes in the pattern being a "tunnel" but to suggest this is why straightaway birds are missed is a bit of a stretch. Straightaways are most often missed because the shooter lifts his head.

Also the comment about a 50 yards being a "very long shot even with a 3 inch 12" is just stupid. A 50 yard clay is a long shot but you can see lots of people breaking them with a lot less than a 3" 12 gauge. Sometimes you even see them breaking targets at that distance with a 28. ;)
 
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There are still AA hulls out there, for sure, but yes, it would have been m=nice to see some AAHS loads as well.

I use the data from both Hodgon and Ballistic products, but I have a bunch of wads besides theirs, so use the Hogdon book as well.
never had a bad load from either, everything I shoot at either dies or breaks
( if I keep muy danged head down)!!:D
Cat
 
I made some long shots in Manitoba last fall on Sharp tails with my 870 28 bore. I had the full choke in and was using winchester 1 oz of 7 1/2's. At least one shot was well over 40 yards. The 28 is often lumped with the .410 but it out performs the .410 by a long way. The Winchester loads were factory with the new (?) HS hull.

cheers Darryl
 
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