Description
The Akkar 628 Sharp Spur answers a question a lot of hunters have started asking: why carry twelve gauge weight when modern tungsten loads let a small bore do the work? This is a dedicated 28 gauge turkey pump with a 24-inch vent rib barrel, five extended choke tubes, an integrated 1913 Picatinny rail and full Mossy Oak Obsession coverage. The receiver is aluminum alloy, so the whole package stays light on a long walk to a roosted bird.
Why the Akkar 628 Sharp Spur Makes Sense in 28 Gauge
The 28 gauge has always been the darling of upland shooters because it patterns beautifully and recoils politely. Tungsten super shot loads gave it a second life as a turkey round, throwing pellet counts that used to require a 12 gauge magnum. That means the Akkar 628 Sharp Spur can carry like a quail gun and still reach out to a gobbler, and it can do it without rattling the fillings of a young hunter. The trade-off is that a small bore needs a tight choke and a precise aim, which is exactly what this gun is set up to provide.
Five Extended Chokes Included
The barrel is internally threaded and ships with five extended tubes, improved modified and modified among them. Extended tubes are simple to change with cold fingers and easy to identify in a vest pocket. Patterning two or three constrictions against your chosen shell is the difference between a clean kill and a long tracking job, and the Akkar 628 Sharp Spur hands you the tubes to do that homework.
Integrated Picatinny Rail
A 1913 rail is machined right into the receiver, so a red dot or compact scope mounts with no saddle clamp and no drilling. Aiming a small bore like a rifle is the entire strategy, and having a factory rail means the optic sits low, stays put and does not add a fragile adapter to the system.
Camo, Stock and Handling
Mossy Oak Obsession covers the synthetic stock and the metal alike, which matters when a longbeard is picking apart every hard edge inside forty yards. Molded checkering sits where your hands go, a recoil pad caps the buttstock, and the 24-inch barrel keeps the gun quick in tight timber. There are no sling swivel studs, so plan on a clamp-on or rail-mounted attachment if you want to carry it hands-free.
Controls
The cross-bolt safety lives in the trigger guard and is fully ambidextrous. Pump geometry is conventional, so anyone raised on an American pump gun will cycle the Akkar 628 Sharp Spur correctly the first time. Akkar even includes a beard-measuring ruler sticker on the gun for bragging rights back at the truck.
Specifications
- Manufacturer and model: Akkar 628 Sharp Spur, part 313003
- Gauge: 28
- Chamber: up to 3 in.
- Action: pump
- Barrel: 24 in., matte, vent rib
- Chokes: five extended tubes included, internally threaded
- Receiver: aluminum alloy with integrated 1913 Picatinny rail
- Stock: synthetic, checkered, recoil pad
- Finish: Mossy Oak Obsession camouflage on stock and metal
- Safety: cross-bolt, in the trigger guard
- Sling swivel studs: none
- UPC: 766646631212
Who Should Buy It
This is a strong choice for a hunter who wants one light gun that covers spring turkeys and fall uplands. Swap to an open tube and the Akkar 628 Sharp Spur becomes a pleasant dove and quail gun; screw in the tightest tube, load TSS, and it is a serious turkey rig. It is also an excellent first shotgun for a smaller-framed or younger shooter who would flinch behind a 12 gauge magnum.
Be realistic about the compromises. Twenty-eight gauge shells cost more and are harder to find on a small-town shelf, fit and finish are workmanlike rather than fine, and there are no swivel studs. 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 Sharp Spur at Akkar USA. Call us with questions about ammunition, choke selection or transfer paperwork.
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