As Cold Iron has suggested, one size doesn't fit all. If you can bench press a Volvo and shoot mostly clays, a heavy long barreled gun makes sense. At 72 with left shoulder surgery, a 6-6 1/2 lb. 26" 12 ga. with neutral balance makes sense for me. For clays a 6 1/2 lb. 28" 12. ga. works fine.
The long heavier ones worked for me years ago, not anymore! My 5 lb. 12 oz. 26" 12 ga. open choked Churchill is my golden arrow in Michigan's grouse and woodcock woods.
Karl



Last edited by Karl Graebner; 08/08/19 11:31 AM.