The clay target OU crowd continues to move in the other direction - 30" barrels on a used gun are now a liability, as new guns are being offered with 34" barrels, even for sporting clays. Kinda makes you wonder where it will end?

I couldn't be happier with my 26" 16 ga sxs - it is a great bird shooter (well past my limited abilities) and does better than I ever expected on 5-stand. I think how a gun is a balanced affects its handling more than barrel length.

Such a long, long time to be gone, and a short time to be there.