Barrel length can be more or less irrelevant, or it can be very relevant, depending on what kind of hunting you do. Do you hunt chukars or pheasants out West and see a lot of long distance crossing shots? Then the extra length can really help. The best shooting gun I've owned was a 30" 16. But, if you hunt mostly behind pointers in thick stuff, and most of your shots are at 25 yds as Ky Jon stated, then I don't think it matters much.


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