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Originally Posted by oneounceload
...he had Kreighoff make a set of 28 gauge barrels for his K-80...
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Back in the day, a lot of shooters competed with Skeet sets -- a 12-ga O/U action with 12, 20, 28 & .410 interchangeable barrels. Those were the days before Briley had alloy tubes with captive extractors. Before that, tubes, like those by Claude Purbaugh, had separate extractors. I remember one of my early Skeet tournaments: There was a fellow with Purbaughs and he'd dropped an extractor. His whole squad was on their hands and knees sifting through the parking lot gravel looking for his extractor. Captive extractors were a big improvement.
Barrel sets have pretty much faded into history for two reasons: tubes are cheaper and they shoot higher scores.