i'm about to buy a new shotgun, a remington/spartan 310, o/u. i'll be using it as a field gun, hunting partridge. my barrel length will be 26".

i have a fair amount of experience with the 20ga, but none with the 28. can anyone shed light on the differences in regards to my purpose? whats the difference in effective range? i have a 12 semi that i use often, but i'd just like something lighter in weight, recoil and noise for the hike up the mountains. i just want to make sure i won't be limited in my hunting with this smaller gauge.

thanks, brad

the 20 guage is an excellent gun, good choice light recoil but still enough to bring down the birds

20 ga shells are cheaper and easier to find,go with the 20

i'm not worried about ammo. we have a gun shop so i can get anything i need . i'm just looking for opinions from 28 gauge owners.

Let me know which way you go and how you like the rem. o/u. i was looking at geting one myself for bird hunting, looks like a nice gun for the price and also being a rem. Oh and i would go with the 20 also, there is enough power there to kil many things, and also light enough where you dont have to worry about blowing the bird apart.

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My cousins got a 20 and he loves it go with the 20!!

i'm leaning 20, mainly because of the choke slection. the 28 gauge is fixed choke only.

remington doesn't actually make the gun, it's made by spartan (russian). they're on sale at Dicks right now for $400, that's $100 off regular retail. they don't have a lot of fit and finnish to then, a bit on the crude side compared to a browning citori. but, they say they are really dependable and rugged as a tank. in other words, it'll take the abuse.

well, i'm doing the 20. placing the order tomorrow :div20:

yeah thats where i had seen the gun also for the price your are paying. Let me know how you like it, i will most likely be buying one come spring when i get a little more spending money, i need the money now for snowmobile trips.

Don't order it. Save your money and pick up a citori in 28 gauge. I have shot everything with my 28 gauge. Sharptail, ruffed grouse, pheasant, huns. Make sure you shoot a 3/4 oz load and you will kill.

a citori? i don't have that money...

regarding gauge, my "28" answers were a bit late. i ordered it yesterday and last night someone started a post on shotgunworld.com asking favorite gauge. 3 pages of "28ga"!!!! shit.

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12 gauge.

Assuming you mean Ruffed Grouse when you say partridge.

its more fun to shoot them in the air and the 12 gauge workds better for shooting them in the air when they are flying into the woods

I walk miles carrying my 12 gauage and its a browning gold hunter (heavy). I do have lighter 20 gauges to take with, but I prefer to shoot 12.

The first year I hunted with a 12 as opposed to a 20 I killed close to 70 grouse in a few weeks, hunted ducks more often than grouse once waterfowl season opened.

yes mtm, grouse. back here, both names are used.

thanks for the info. i already have a 12, so there was no need for another one just yet (maybe come graduation??). it's a winchester 1400. not a bad gun. like your browning, it's heavy... good on the target range. i'd rather be hunting birds with a 26" break-action anyway.

above all, it's an oppertunity to diversify my gun collection :beer:

love my citori heavy but perfextly balanced imo

Ruffed Grouse is the slowest flying upland game bird thats why its still easy to swing a heavy gun on them and be sucessful.

Growing up hunting grouse then trying to hit doves and quail will humble you...I learned first hand. But after hunting those for a few years and shooting competition trap...wingshoting grouse is childsplay.