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Posted on 1/13/15 at 12:34 pm to Polar Pop
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Posted on 1/13/15 at 12:35 pm to Polar Pop
Have 870s with both
I prefer the 28. Personal preference
I prefer the 28. Personal preference
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Posted on 1/13/15 at 12:37 pm to Polar Pop
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I guess if I ever really "want" a 28" barrel, I can just throw in an extended choke tube to make up the difference.
I shoot a 26" barrel with an extended Briley choke tube for all my duck and goose hunting, so basically a 27" barrel? Really comes down to personal preference with the barrel length between 26-28, a 28" MAY help someone swing through the shot a little easier but ballistically there's no discernible difference.
For those of you whining about noise in the blind, you should be wearing ear plugs anyway and it won't matter. Yes a 24 inch turkey barrel will be much louder but not so much a 26 vs a 28. good luck out there!
Posted on 1/13/15 at 1:04 pm to Polar Pop
26" is easier to store, raise and swing in a blind. You don't lose much to a 28", and what slight amount you do lose can be made up with the right choke. These are the reasons I have a 26".
28" has a little better sight radius, and, as other said, isn't as loud in a blind (like that matters when hunting).
28" has a little better sight radius, and, as other said, isn't as loud in a blind (like that matters when hunting).
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Posted on 1/13/15 at 1:18 pm to Polar Pop
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This is a major problem for me. My gun is sitting 3" below my sightline
yep, that is a major problem. wth do you do? how do you hit anything like this?
Posted on 1/13/15 at 1:25 pm to DownSouthJukin
I think the longer barrels were designed to work with older powder back in the day. Take this as you want, but in college I worked at a store that sold guns and I had a gun rep tell me with the new ammo, your powder if burnt at the 26" mark. Nothing wrong with a longer barrel, but now days, the extra inches will not gain any distance.
Posted on 1/13/15 at 1:27 pm to Polar Pop
Do y'all think longer barrels make a difference at all?
Seems like a longer barrel would have create more muzzle velocity. The load would be speeding up in the barrel for a longer amount of time.
ETA: Maybe I'm mistaken.
Here's Remington's take on it.
LINK
Seems like a longer barrel would have create more muzzle velocity. The load would be speeding up in the barrel for a longer amount of time.
ETA: Maybe I'm mistaken.
Here's Remington's take on it.
LINK
This post was edited on 1/13/15 at 1:33 pm
Posted on 1/13/15 at 1:36 pm to REB BEER
Choupique is right as I recall the extra barrel length doesn’t do anything for muzzle velocity w/ modern powders. As I mentioned earlier the extra barrel length help me w swing, maintain a lead and not stop the gun which helps ME shoot better (again it’s the Indian not the arrow). Now extended chokes do help w/ patterns by not compressing the wad/shot as quickly so you get fewer “flyers” and a more consistent pattern. Plus they are easier to change so if you want to switch you only need your fingers.
Posted on 1/13/15 at 1:38 pm to Polar Pop
I like a 26" because I can swing it so fast. I also am about to buy a 30" and have a 28" pump. My sbeii is a 26".
Posted on 1/13/15 at 1:52 pm to Polar Pop
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26" vs 28" Shotgun Barrel
I am disappointed that no one has discussed the fact that 28" barrel gives you two more inches of paddling reach and gives you a longer pole when you are having to pull yourself out of an underwater mudhole that you stumbled into in the dark.
Posted on 1/13/15 at 1:52 pm to bayou choupique
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I think the longer barrels were designed to work with older powder back in the day.
Probably right. May have a small effect on patterning, depending on choke.
Posted on 1/15/15 at 9:48 am to Sparkplug#1
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Posted on 1/15/15 at 9:49 am to Sparkplug#1
@ Sparkplug#1:
"Not to me. My farthest shot was with my Citori (24") on a speck at around 65 to 70 yards, flying away. My 10 with a 28" barrel can't do any better.
"
Sorry bro, but no one believes you downed a goose 65-70 yards out. Stop lying.
28'' barrel. They make it cause it better.
"Not to me. My farthest shot was with my Citori (24") on a speck at around 65 to 70 yards, flying away. My 10 with a 28" barrel can't do any better.
"
Sorry bro, but no one believes you downed a goose 65-70 yards out. Stop lying.
28'' barrel. They make it cause it better.
Posted on 1/15/15 at 10:27 am to GumboDave
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Sorry bro, but no one believes you downed a goose 65-70 yards out. Stop lying. 28'' barrel. They make it cause it better.
Why would I lie? It was an unethical luck/freak shot I took when I was younger. The only point I was trying to make is that the length of a barrel doesn't really make a difference from 30"-24".
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Posted on 1/15/15 at 11:22 am to Polar Pop
prolly all in my head but i feel like i shoot more accurately wih my 28" BPS than the 26" A500G. Seems like it swings better. Maybe it's just the weight or balance.
Posted on 1/15/15 at 1:17 pm to bayou choupique
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I think the longer barrels were designed to work with older powder back in the day
Bingo. With modern powder it doesn't make a difference except personal preference
I prefer the 30 over for my site picture and follow through but that is just a preference of mind
Posted on 1/15/15 at 4:13 pm to REB BEER
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think longer barrels make a difference at all
Nope, powder is burnt before it gets to 24"... Think about this, turkey loads are some of the heavier/ hotter loads, but they are shot out of a 24" barrel. The reason older barrels were longer to shoot "longer" distances were b/c they were tapered/choked that way. 30" was a full, 28" mod etc.... With the replaceable choke systems and better powder it doesn't matter for shot shells. Now, line of sight is a different story... Most clay/skeet guns are longer 30" b/c it's a better plane of sight....
I sold guns back in the day, shot many many shotguns due to where I worked and worked with some really knowledgeable people. Buy the length that is most comfortable for you. I like 26" personally, have a kicks tube. It doesn't do anything for sight plane though.
Posted on 1/15/15 at 4:13 pm to REB BEER
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Posted on 1/15/15 at 5:01 pm to Polar Pop
2" extra of single barrel steel isn't adding much weight. Balance point of the receiver and forearm is much more important.
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