This has nothing to do with practicality. If it did, you'd never get past the fried chicken stand in town, as AmarilloMike pointed out a while back. The man "needs" a 28ga. Its an itch. Help him scratch it. Isn't the subject of this whole forum about an impractical itch? After all, what the heck is practical about a $10k damascus, short chambered gun?