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I was wondering what the collective thought was on 25" barrels. I've seen them before on SKBs, and on other doubles, but not nearly as often as 26" barrels on other brands. Any downside for a 25" as compared to a 26" barrel?
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Personal choice. Some love them ,others dont. For some reason they have gone out of fasion. 20 years ago the big seller in the US seemed to be 26". Personaly I dont think an inch either way makes a difference be it 25/26 . 27/28 . OR 29 /30 .
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Factory 25" barrels and factory 26" barrels, in my opnion, are exactly the same for both function and price.
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I believe Churchill made them popular back when. Used for more of a point and shoot method.
I have a few 26" guns and shoot them as well as 29" guns I have. Longer might have an edge for crossing shots, but if both guns are balanced at the same point what's the advantage of one over the other?
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I have SxSs in 25 1/2", & 26", and an O/U with 26 1/2" barrels. I love them all. No downside at all.
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I shot a 280 25 inch SkB in 70s some and i was deadly with it on bobwhites. Bobby
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I have a Garbi 100 with two sets of 25" barrels, SK/SK and IC/M. It is a great grouse gun in heavy cover. I'm only 5'8" so some of the longer tubes don't handle too well for me. 28" is the longest I go.
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I'm 6'1" and prefer 28" barrels for hunting at this point in my life. I learned how to shoot with a Browning super with 26" barrels and shot it well as a kid. I've often wondered if shooters with small stature might shoot 25-26" barrels better than taller individuals. I think it probably boils down to what you get used to. I have a 26" SxS that I don't shoot much, but when I do I can hit with it pretty well, but I still prefer 28" barrels.
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... Longer might have an edge for crossing shots, but if both guns are balanced at the same point what's the advantage of one over the other? I think the difference (some call it an advantage) is that longer barrels, even if balanced exactly the same as shorter, will have a different moment of inertia and will therefore both acquire and shed momentum more slowly than shorter barrels. That is, the longer barrels will take longer to get moving and will keep moving in a swing when shorter barrels could and would stop. Balance fore and aft is one thing, momentum in swinging the gun, another.
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I've seen them before on SKBs In my case a previous owner removed 1" from a 20 ga. SKB, making the barrels 24" cyl/cyl. Its a lethal point & shoot cottontail gun, but on the skeet range its like swinging a drinking straw.
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