Akkar 628 Meat Stick 28 Gauge Pump Shotgun – Reliable 28″ Vent Rib Field Gun in Mossy Oak Blades

Description

The Akkar 628 Meat Stick is the field-and-marsh half of Akkar’s small bore lineup, and the name tells you the intent. Where the Sharp Spur is a short, optic-ready turkey gun, the Meat Stick runs a long 28-inch vent rib barrel for smooth swings on birds that are moving. It is a 28 gauge pump, camouflaged in Mossy Oak Blades, and it ships with five extended choke tubes and a magazine plug so it is legal for migratory birds straight out of the box.

Why the Akkar 628 Meat Stick Handles the Way It Does

Barrel length is not about velocity, it is about momentum. A 28-inch tube keeps the muzzle moving through a crossing dove or a decoying teal instead of stopping the instant you pull, and on a light 28 gauge that extra weight out front is exactly what the gun needs to feel balanced. Pair that with the 28 gauge’s famously even patterns and the Akkar 628 Meat Stick becomes a gun that flatters average shooters rather than punishing them.

Capacity and the Magazine Plug

The magazine holds five 2.75-inch shells for upland work, doves, rabbits and clays. Install the supplied plug and capacity drops to 2+1, which puts the gun inside federal Migratory Bird Hunting regulations for ducks and geese. Being able to swap between the two configurations with a screwdriver is genuinely useful, and it is a detail plenty of budget pumps leave out.

Five Extended Chokes Included

The barrel is internally threaded and comes with five extended tubes, improved modified and modified among them. That range covers early-season doves over a sunflower field all the way to late-season roosters flushing at the far edge of the cover. Extended tubes are easier to hand-tighten and easier to identify than flush tubes, and having five in the case means no add-on purchase to get the gun patterning the way you want.

Camo, Stock and Controls

Mossy Oak Blades covers the barrel and furniture, a green-leaning pattern that works well in standing corn, cattails and early-fall timber. The stock is checkered synthetic, and a cross-bolt safety sits in the trigger guard where it is ambidextrous and easy to find with a gloved hand. The pump action follows conventional American layout, so the Akkar 628 Meat Stick needs no explanation to anyone who has run an 870 or a 500.

Specifications

• Manufacturer and model: Akkar 628 Meat Stick, part 313002
• Gauge: 28
• Chamber: 3 in.
• Action: pump
• Barrel: 28 in., vent rib, camouflaged
• Capacity: five 2.75-inch shells in the magazine, 2+1 with the supplied plug installed
• Chokes: five extended tubes included, internally threaded
• Stock: checkered synthetic
• Finish: Mossy Oak Blades camouflage
• Safety: cross-bolt
• UPC: 766646631182

Who Should Buy It

This is a bird gun for people who would rather spend money on shells than on a name. The Akkar 628 Meat Stick suits dove fields, early-season teal, released-bird preserves and casual sporting clays, and the light 28 gauge payload means you can shoot two boxes on a warm afternoon without a sore shoulder. It also makes a sensible gun for an adult who is graduating from a youth 20 gauge but is not ready for a heavy 12.

Know the trade-offs before you buy. Twenty-eight gauge shells cost more per box and are not stocked everywhere, the long barrel is less handy in thick brush than a 26-inch tube, and fit and finish are basic rather than refined. Every firearm we sell ships to a licensed FFL dealer and is inspected before it leaves our counter. Browse the rest of our firearms catalog or read factory details for the Akkar 628 Meat Stick at Akkar USA. Call us with questions about loads, chokes or transfer paperwork.