Oh my God! I have 4 (out of the 6 I have owned over the years,) all walnut stocked Wingmasters. I have a 12, 20 28, and .410. I regularly shoot skeet with all 4, 5 stand with the 12 and 20, and my occasional round of trap with the 12. I tend not to hunt with them any more, but I killed a truckload of rabbits and grouse with the 20 in my youth, plus a few pheasants. That 20 was the first gun that was my own, a Christmas present in 1981. Mine was the old standard weight 20, built on the 12 gauge frame. But it is light enough. It truly is the last gun I would ever part with. It may go in the casket with me.

Curiously, I have managed to part with both of the 16 gauge Wingmasters I have owned over the years. That's odd, since I'm both a 16 gauge nut AND an 870 nut.

Its funny this thread appeared today. I'm currently loading 28 gauge skeet loads, and I was thinking that I might try the 28 gauge 870 on pheasants this fall. I hunt stocked/released birds, and shots are fairly close. I'm confident the 28 will be enough.

Here they are



From left to right; .410 25" fixed MOD, 28 ga 25" with after market screw ins, 20 ga Standard Weight, 26 " fixed IC, 12 ga 26" with after market screw ins.

Actually, I mis spoke. The 28 gauge has a mahogany stock. Those early 70s field .410, 28, and lightweight 20s had mahogany stocks which were lighter than walnut.