Chief, although all the Ithaca SKB 20's are chambered 3" (except perhaps the skeet guns--not sure about those), I believe the only 12ga Ithaca imports (speaking strictly sxs here) that were 3" were the magnums. And there were not very many of those. I've never owned one and have not seen many, but as best I can recall, they all had 30" barrels and came with a factory recoil pad, which the other Ithaca SKB's did not have. Walt would probably know for sure.