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Barrel length preference
Started by Browning4140, April 20, 2016, 11:54:17 AM
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Browning4140
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Barrel length preference
April 20, 2016, 11:54:17 AM
I am currently using a mossberg 835 with a 24" barrel but am considering using my 870 some with a 28" barrel. In you opinion is there any major benefit over short vs long barrel.
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April 20, 2016, 12:00:42 PM
I like a shorter barrel personally because to me it's easier to swing around on target. I've shot turkeys with 21,24,26,and 30in barrels. Longer might pattern somewhat better but the small loss of pattern is worth the short barrel to me in maneuverability
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April 20, 2016, 12:29:51 PM
I like 26"
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April 20, 2016, 03:09:46 PM
26" for me. Have hunted 18, 21, 24, 26, 28 and 30" guns. The more consistent/better pattern of the longer barrels I've experienced is worth more to me than a maneuverability advantage. The 18" Win 1300 was a pleasure tote for 25 toms but was always a very fickle patterner in spite of a bunch of $ dumped into and through it.
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April 20, 2016, 09:05:26 PM
I am a 24" barrel guy...have been for many ,many years beginning with a 1970's era Franchi 48AL.
Currently own a BPS 10, Stoeger 3500 and Benelli Super Black Eagle all 24".
I think its a good all around length...handles well, patterns well.
My .02
Tom Foolery
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April 20, 2016, 09:36:40 PM
20" - 21" for me
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April 20, 2016, 10:52:07 PM
24" is what I have right now and I couldn't imagine using a 26 or 28. I catch the 24 on almost every branch and tree already, I'd be breaking every branch and tree with any longer of a barrel.
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April 21, 2016, 01:40:14 AM
Personal choice all the way. Any where between 21"-26" works for me.
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April 21, 2016, 08:00:54 AM
Shortest I can find. My 18 patterns well enough to take any bird within range. I am really not a field hunter mostly woods so I like the short guns for there manuverability.
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April 21, 2016, 02:54:54 PM
I have turkeys guns with barrels between 21" and 26". My favorite is 24" though.
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April 21, 2016, 04:04:47 PM
I like 24"-26". Shorter barrels are more maneuverable but I like the steadiness and sight plane of a slightly longer barrel. I hunt rabbits and grouse with a 26" barrel in way thicker places than I'll ever hunt turkeys and I guess I'm just used to moving the longer barrel around obstacles. It's all personal preferance and feel.
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April 21, 2016, 04:37:05 PM
I'm partial to my 18.5" Vinci kills em as dead as my 30" sticks.
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May 06, 2016, 08:09:13 AM
I like 26" as well. I carried a browning this year with a 30" and it hung on everything! So I found that that 4" made a huge difference!
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May 06, 2016, 11:55:47 AM
26-28, longer barrels pattern better...
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May 06, 2016, 02:08:31 PM
I went from 24 to 21 in my 870 I like the shorter barrel and it throws a better pattern then my 24in barrel and I put a lot of shells through it before buying a new gun
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