Lowell, I'm 6'3", weigh well over 250, and can't buy long sleeve shirts off the rack. I shoot a 26" barreled gun as well as anything at skeet. I've shot 25 straight trap targets with a 26" barreled M-21 skeet gun. The same gun works just fine for five stand, and pheasants over pointers.

We have a very good lady shooter at our club who shoots nothing but 32" barreled guns. She has short arms, and holds her left hand just in front of the trigger guard. It looks as goofy as I probably look shooting a short barreled gun. Ask us if we care.

The barrel length is just part of the gun. The most important component is the nut behind the stock.


"The price of good shotgunnery is constant practice" - Fred Kimble