The story goes (the way that I heard it) was that E.J. Churchill was an accomplished wing shot. One day when he was due to go afield his gun was dropped and the muzzle badly damaged. The story goes that he went into his shop & cut the barrels back beyond the damage, went to the driven bird shoot & won the prize.
The barrels were at 25 inches. I can't say that the story is true but that's the way I heard it.

Best Regards, George

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