one of my long time friends and customers recently consigned his custom made 28 gauge ithaca nid repro to me for sale...this is an interesting gun from several perspectives...it has extra heavy weight barrels, which causes the balance of the gun to be forward of the hinge pin...which makes for a very nice swinging gun on the skeet range...also, this gun was specifically designed for released pheasant tower shoots, where heavy one ounce loads are needed for humane kills...the gun weighs 8 1/2 pounds... and as such does not beat you up the way a lighter gun would, after a 100 rounds or so...

keep it simple and keep it safe...