The first Shotgun I ever fired in my life was that little 4 lb 2 oz single 28 gauge I mentioned. I have no idea what length the shells were, the gun belonged to an Uncle (Married to my Mother's sister) & I simply used the shells he provided. Later when I became much more interested in Shotguns in the Mid Fifties all available (To Me) literature specified the Standard hull length of the 28 as being 2 7/8 inch. I guess some of them simply had not caught up with the change or perhaps the Field loaded Express/SuperX shells were still using the longer hull. I had not realized the change had come so early.
