weatherby pa-08 upland barrel

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doctor_brevic

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I have a weatherby pa-08 upland 12 gauge shotgun with a 28" barrel and the screw choke setup. I like it a lot, it's great for hunting and clay shooting but a little impractical for home and property defence. Although I do have several other shotguns and countless weapons systems for this pourpose, when it gets dark out side I am limited to a glock 23 in one hand and a surefire in the other. Now, granted, that is a pretty solid defence, but I am after a little more firepower seeing as I live in a very remote rural area. I bought a flashlight mount off of ebay for my mossberg or my 870 but the dang screws are a joke! So upon continued research I did find something that I like, it replaces the magazine cap on my weatherby and is essentially the same thing but with a picatiny rail sticking off the front under the barrel. Problem solved right? Sure, but I am going to need a defence barrel for it now, and I can't find a single one anywhere online without the whole shotgun (which I already have) attached to the back of it for a few hundred extra dollars! So my question, can I find just a plain old 18.5 inch barrel for my pa-08 upland? please respond with any info!!!
 
I am in the exact same predicament. I have an Upland 08 and I want to put a short barrel on it just because an 18.5" barreled shotgun with nice wood on it appeals to me and then I can use the same familiar platform for both HD and field shooting.

I contacted Weatherby about selling just a barrel to me. They didn't respond.

I also posted on Weatherby's forum to see if more people out there want the same thing and sure enough they do, Weatherby just isn't listening I guess. Maybe because they figure they will sell more shotguns if you have to buy two vs one with multiple barrels?
 
Anybody thought of having a gunsmith doing a length alteration?

My PA08 has become a safe queen of late. I'm actually trying to sell or trade it. It would probably have a second life it the barrel was shorter.
 
Not "no love", no experience.

It's relatively new and not widely distributed.

I've never seen one. After I try some out, I'll gladly give an opinion....
 
Yeah, shortening the barrel would be pretty neat, I have a thing for a short barrel that is vent ribbed. But I already own a mossberg 500 persuader 20" 7+1 and remington 870 express 18" 6+1 and I am pretty happy with them both, not to mention my cheapo fun gun, a savage/stevens model 350 bottom ejecting 18.5" 5+1 with ghost rings. HAHAHA! In fact this weatherby is the only "hunting" longer barreled shotgun that I own, and that's the reason that I bought it, the only reason I ask for yet another short barrel in the house is because this would be the easiest one I have to put a flashlight on. Sort of dissapointing that they don't seem to have anything like that without the package deal... I saw that little slug barrel combo but unfortunately it is a rifled barrel so no good for the rifled slugs and buck shot. Well, looks like I am stuck with a glock 23 in one hand and a flashlight in the other, what a shame;)
 
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