MOSSBERG GOLD RESERVE SPORTING 16/28

Description

The Gold Reserve is Mossberg’s answer to the question of how much shotgun you can build for the serious sporting clays or upland hunter without crossing into bespoke pricing. In 16 gauge, it occupies a niche that sees less competition than 12 or 20, delivering a bore diameter that many experienced wingshooters prefer for its natural pointability and reduced payload mass on driven birds or walking hunts where a full day’s carry matters.

The receiver is polished silver with scroll engraving and gold inlay — work that on most over-unders at this price point is either absent or stamped rather than cut. The action runs jeweled internals, and the bores and chambers are chrome-lined, which means fouling releases more cleanly and the surface holds up through extended clay target sessions without the pitting that can develop in bare steel over time. Shell ejectors rather than simple extractors clear fired hulls automatically, so the gun stays in the rhythm of a round without manual clearing between shots.

The stock is grade-A satin black walnut with a fixed 14-inch length of pull, shaped for a consistent mount rather than adjusted for it. The five-choke extended sport set covers the range from open cylinder work on close flushes to tighter constrictions for crossing targets at distance, and the extended design means changes can be made bare-handed during a round. The tang safety doubles as a barrel selector, which on a two-trigger-less over-under gives the shooter direct control over which tube fires first without breaking the grip.

A front bead is the only sighting reference — appropriate for a swinging gun where rib awareness and target focus do the work that fixed sights would only interrupt.