One barrel length??...

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kjmbear67

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If you had to purchase one shotgun for all of your needs (self defense, trap/skeet, deer, birds, turkey, etc.), what length barrel would you get?


I'm thinking somewhere in the 24in range...
 
if i were you i would buy the gun the way i wanted it for what i was going to use it for most. if it was hunting i would get a 24 or 26 inch bbl. if primarly for HD i would get something shorter. If for both get what you want.
 
I would say 25" to 26" is the shortest I would ever go on an (all purpose) shotgun. Probably still go witha 28" just because I know how they handle and how well I handle the 30" barrels I prefer to shoot and use.
 
Remington 870 turkey....

21" vent rib is my do it all length. Short enough to negotiate corners in
a SD home type situation. Handy enough to be, not to be cumbersome
for upland. Swings beatifully for skeet trap. With the ventrib and middle bead,
works fine for waterfowl for me. Screw in a rifled choke tube and strap on a scope, and its a deer gun (mine does 3-4" at 100yds with sabots). Remington
sells them from their parts dept for 140 buck if you already have an 870.

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All Purpose..

28"

I have been using a 28" bbl for most everything I guess for 30 years now.

At the moment I do not even own a bbl shorter than 28". I use these for HD, Clay games, hunting...

My best set up was the guns in 21", 23" and 25" , Full stocked with semi-semi pistol grip [ Think English Bird Guns] After-market external knurled screw in chokes. 'Honest Guv...just a bird gun..." :D

Great Bird guns...hell on wheels with slugs too for more serious reasons... ;)

FWIW not long ago someone shared in Ireland the shortest bbl length legal is now 24" over there.

I and others have been concerned with .gov pulling that stunt here in the States. Serfs not being able to have what the LEO and Miltary can.

Something to be said about having a bone stock pump gun with a longer bbl - and knowing how to use for - everything * ahem*.

In case the Guv should ask...
 
A 28" O/U has the same overall length as a 24" auto or pump. So I have a 28" O/U and a 24" auto ! It's an excellent length for all purposes.
 
mete,

You were not supposed to share that secret. Some folks have to learn their own stuff their own way... :D
 
For most of Frankenstein's working life with me, it wore a cut down barrel nominally 21". Its original mission with me was as a turkey gun.

If you're coming in late, Frank's my overpublicized parts 870.

While the short barrel works well as an all around candidate, its blast with goose loads and 3" loads in general is impressive.

The 23" barrel now on Remington's turkey guns is probably closer to optimum as a GP barrel, but I like more than that for clay stuff and waterfowl. A 26" LC barrel recently purchased here would get the nod as minimum these days.

I note that as I age, I tend to avoid extremes of all kinds, including very short barrels except for defense. A better setup will be a short barrel for defense and slugs and something 26-30" for wingshooting and clays, IMO.

HTH....
 
There's an average

My longest barrel is 34" and my shortest is 23" (that's unrifled). That's 57 total inches divided by 2 equals 28.5 inches. That's the ticket! :D
 
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Something in the 20 to 24in ranges for pumps and autos----I'm up to 5 pumps now----and ALL of them are in that range----20in 12ga-20in 12ga-21in 20 ga-22in 20ga-24in 3.5chambered 12ga.

My Citori has 26in barrels.

Grew up using a 28in 870---while a nice gun---I couldn't get rid of it fast enough when I was old enough and had enough funds for a replacement. Too long---no choke tubes and only a 2.75in chamber were its main flaws.

Try them all and see what works best for you----the shorter barrels happen to work best for me. Heck if they made a short barrelled Citiri---I'd snap that right up.
 
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