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I am nevertheless hunting for a excellent reasonably priced 28 gauge shotgun that can be utilised for sporting clays and quail hunting. I have looked at all the choices, particularly [http://www.salon.com/2012/12/30/silencers_the_nras_latest_big_lie/ silencer] the brownings. I can acquire them at about wholesale cost. This week even though teaching a course referred to as instinctive shooting, a client showed up with a Ruger Red Label 28 gauge with .410 tubes. Right after the class I asked the client if I could shoot a round of skeet with his firearm and rapidly ran the field with a new box of Winchester HS loads. It had the shorter 26-inch barrel that typically I do not care for. It was a joy to shoot. The client informed me that he taken this 28 to Argentina dove shooting for the last five years and it has in no way failed him. He also has a Browning Citori lightning in 28 that he also likes. Nevertheless the Browning had mechanical difficulties last year and he nevertheless did not have it back from the shop. I asked him how numerous rounds he figures he has put by means of his Red Label and his answer really surprised me. He stated that his ammo bill last spring was a small over $3,000.00 or about 9000 rounds. He felt that he had shot about 42,000 rounds in the gun more than the last 5 years of dove and pigeon shooting. The tiny 28 nevertheless looked to be in really excellent condition.

Immediately after listening to his dissertation, I showed him my 12 ga Red label that has far more than 20,000 rounds by means of it. The bluing on the back of the trigger guard is lengthy gone. I use it for the class I teach and occasionally for sporting clays. Last year after a couple of rounds of sporting clays a crack started to run from the tang down into the pistol grip. I was devastated as the wood on this distinct gun was very great indeed. Reluctantly I known as Ruger just just before Christmas and was told to send it appropriate following new years. So shortly there following I packaged it up and sent it off wondering if I would ever see it once more. Nicely 13 days later it was back with new wood and new firing pins and springs. I was elated but the best portion was all the work was carried out for totally free. Hey Cost-free is excellent I mean this is a 10 year old gun! So following shooting an additional round of skeet with the tubes removed and only dropping 1 bird, I am thinking that I may well contemplate going with the Red Label. Nevertheless, I will look for a gun with 28 inch barrels. I am not positive if I will spring for the 410 tubes but I may well in the future. I nonetheless like the Browning but at half the price and twice the service, I am giving the Red Label a closer look.

More than the years I have seen or heard lots of unfavorable feedback concerning the Red Label. However, I have come to comprehend that most shotgun shooters have lots of opinions but quite tiny experience when comes to deciding on a firearm. I am just as undesirable as I occasionally read articles about firearms written by people who truly have no in depth encounter with that distinct firearm.

Final Saturday I happen to run into the one particular of Presidents Guides on the range and guess what he had in hand, a Ruger Red Label in 28 gauge. It had lots of field and handling marks on the receiver and wood. I asked him if he liked it, He just looked down at it shrugged his shoulders and said  properly its no longer quite but usually operates I guess that type of says it all doesnt it.