How does shotgun barrel length effect patterns?

A 4" to 6" shorter barrel in not lighter enough in weight to worry about.

If you can't swing a 28" barrel in the brush your sitting in, your sitting in too much brush.

If you put iron sights on a shotgun to aim it you should just use a rifle that is made to be aimed.
 
Quote:I detest shotguns with long barrels and see no reason for them.

You realize that hundreds of years of hands-on trial and error went in to making long barrels (26"-28"-30") the standard for everything but modern Turkey shotguns, and even some Turkey hunters still prefer longer barrels? So 95% or more of the shotgunners who have ever lived disagree with you.

Quote:Longer sight plane. That's where it helps. The long sight plane helps point a wider pattern on moving, little critters or clays. Ever see how long those trap guns are?? Plus, with really tight chokes, like one uses for preds and turkeys, you must AIM the pattern, not point.

Yes, absolutely.
 
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Originally Posted By: 870 Shell Shucker
You realize that hundreds of years of hands-on trial and error went in to making long barrels (26"-28"-30") the standard for everything but modern Turkey shotguns, and even some Turkey hunters still prefer longer barrels? So 95% or more of the shotgunners who have ever lived disagree with you.



I'm just not wild about a shotgun barrel being over 26". Guess that comes from shooting a rifle most of my life. To me the long barrels just seem awkward. I know there's a reason for them.
 


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