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There's something about a 28 gauge side by side that just feels right in the uplands, and the Weatherby Orion SxS nails that feeling without demanding the price of a bespoke double. This is a traditional boxlock built the way bird hunters expect: straight English stock in oil-finished grade A walnut, a tapered splinter forend with wraparound checkering, double triggers tucked into a long tang trigger guard, and a manual tang safety right under your thumb. Extractors instead of ejectors keep things simple and let you pocket your empties instead of chasing them through the grass.
At roughly 6.3 pounds with 28-inch barrels, this gun hits a sweet spot. It's light enough to tote through a full day of quail or grouse cover, but the barrel length gives it enough momentum to stay smooth on crossing birds and clay targets. The swamped rib sits low and nearly out of sight, so your eye goes straight down the barrels to the brass bead instead of getting hung up on hardware. The 3-inch chambers add versatility too, letting you run everything from light target loads to stouter modern 28 gauge hunting shells.
Weatherby ships this gun with five extended choke tubes on Yildiz threading: Skeet, Improved Cylinder, Modified, Improved Modified, and Full. That extended design gives the shot a longer transition through the constriction, which helps pattern quality, and it makes swapping tubes quick when you move from the skeet field to the bird field. Length of pull runs 14.75 inches to the front trigger with 1.5 inches of drop at comb and 2.375 at heel, dimensions that fit a wide range of wing shooters right out of the box.
Inside, the action is all metal with an oversized one-piece barrel lug designed for more contact surface and less wear over time. This is a working double gun meant to be hunted hard, and the 28 gauge version might be the sweetest-handling of the bunch.
It ships with five extended choke tubes using the Yildiz thread pattern: Skeet, Improved Cylinder, Modified, Improved Modified, and Full. The extended design gives shot a longer, more gradual constriction for better patterns, and it also works well with non-toxic shot. Aftermarket tubes in Yildiz threading, including options from Briley, are widely available.
Weatherby lists the 28 gauge at 6.3 pounds, which puts it right in the sweet spot for an all-day upland gun. It's a touch lighter than the 20 gauge version at 6.7 pounds, and with the 28-inch barrels it balances well enough to swing smoothly on crossing birds without feeling whippy.
This model uses extractors, which lift the shells so you can pull them out by hand rather than launching hulls into the brush. A lot of upland hunters prefer this setup since it keeps the mechanism simpler and makes it easy to save your empties. It also pairs nicely with the traditional double trigger and tang safety layout.
Yes, it's chambered for 3-inch shells, so you can shoot everything from light 2.75-inch target loads up to the stouter modern 28 gauge hunting loads. That flexibility makes it a legitimate choice for pheasant and even some waterfowl work, not just quail and skeet.
| UPC | 747115453665 |
|---|---|
| Manufacturer | |
| Manufacturer Part Number | OG12828DSM |
| Action | |
| ATF Type | Shotgun |
| Barrel Length | 28" |
| Caliber/Gauge | 28 Gauge |
| Capacity | 2 |
| Chokes Included | Full/Improved Cylinder/Improved Mod/Modified/Skeet |
| Color | BLUED |
| Length | 31.5 |
| Package Height | 3.7 |
| Package Width | 9.5 |
| Product Type | Shotgun |
| Safety | Tang |
| Shipping Weight | 9.1 |
| Sights | Brass Front Bead |
| Sights Type | Fixed Sights |
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