| I am still looking for a good affordable 28 | | | | it for the class I teach and occasionally for |
| gauge shotgun that can be used for sporting | | | | sporting clays. Last year after a couple of |
| clays and quail hunting. I have looked at all | | | | rounds of sporting clays a crack began to run |
| the options, especially the brownings. I can | | | | from the tang down into the pistol grip. I |
| purchase them at about wholesale cost. This | | | | was devastated as the wood on this particular |
| week while teaching a course called | | | | gun was very good indeed. Reluctantly I |
| instinctive shooting, a client showed up with | | | | called Ruger just before Christmas and was |
| a Ruger Red Label 28 gauge with .410 tubes. | | | | told to send it right after new years. So |
| After the class I asked the client if I could | | | | shortly there after I packaged it up and sent |
| shoot a round of skeet with his firearm and | | | | it off wondering if I would ever see it |
| quickly ran the field with a new box of | | | | again. Well 13 days later it was back with |
| Winchester HS loads. It had the shorter | | | | new wood and new firing pins and springs. I |
| 26-inch barrel that normally I do not care | | | | was elated but the best part was all the work |
| for. It was a joy to shoot. The client | | | | was done for free. Hey Free is good; I mean |
| informed me that he taken this 28 to | | | | this is a 10 year old gun! So after shooting |
| Argentina dove shooting for the last 5 years | | | | another round of skeet with the tubes removed |
| and it has never failed him. He also has a | | | | and only dropping one bird, I am thinking |
| Browning Citori lightning in 28 that he also | | | | that I might consider going with the Red |
| likes. However the Browning had mechanical | | | | Label. However, I will look for a gun with 28 |
| problems last year and he still did not have | | | | inch barrels. I am not sure if I will spring |
| it back from the shop. I asked him how many | | | | for the 410 tubes but I might in the future. |
| rounds he figures he has put through his Red | | | | I still like the Browning but at half the |
| Label and his answer really surprised me. He | | | | price and twice the service, I am giving the |
| stated that his ammo bill last spring was a | | | | Red Label a closer look. |
| little over $3,000.00 or about 9000 rounds. | | | | |
| He felt that he had shot about 42,000 rounds | | | | Over the years I have seen or heard lots of |
| in the gun over the last 5 years of dove and | | | | negative feedback concerning the Red Label. |
| pigeon shooting. The little 28 still looked | | | | However, I have come to realize that most |
| to be in very good condition. | | | | shotgun shooters have lots of opinions but |
| | | | very little expertise when comes to choosing |
| After listening to his dissertation, I showed | | | | a firearm. I am just as bad as I sometimes |
| him my 12 ga Red label that has more than | | | | read articles about firearms written by |
| 20,000 rounds through it. The bluing on the | | | | people who really have no in depth experience |
| back of the trigger guard is long gone. I use | | | | with that particular firearm. |