gav05 Posted October 9, 2016 Report Share Posted October 9, 2016 How do you choose the best barrel length. Iv shot with all three and one of the best days was a simulted game day using a 725 with 32 battles and extended chokes. But is this to much for a game gun.? I'm really confused my next gun I'm looking to buy is a browning 725 hunter uk grade 3 and I do shoot clays. Pigeons and pheasant and partridge. Some days I go on are all valleys and high birds is the added barrel length better? My next shoot is in a wood and not to many long range birds but more snap shooting so is my swing going to be effected by the long barrels. Any help and advice appreciated how do you choose? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daveo26 Posted October 9, 2016 Report Share Posted October 9, 2016 (edited) You are over thinking it. Which one did you prefer or shoot best with? No one can tell you what's best for you, only what's best for them. If you have used them all go with the one you shot best with. Edited October 9, 2016 by Daveo26 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daveo26 Posted October 9, 2016 Report Share Posted October 9, 2016 Or get a 30" gun Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BerettaSV10 Posted October 9, 2016 Report Share Posted October 9, 2016 Hard one to answer as it's how they handle with yourself. I used to prefer 30" barrels as they felt just right with the swing, Now I mainly shoot 32" barrels which for some can take a bit of getting used to, they do appear to suit my style of shooting, though still have a 28" and 30" barrels in the cabinet. If you go rough shooting then 28" barrels can be better as they are 2" further off the ground when carrying them around, but at the end of the day its what suits yourself if you can try some out to see how they feel like. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gav05 Posted October 9, 2016 Author Report Share Posted October 9, 2016 Thanks this post seams to have duplicated. But the general consensus is that it's all personal preference.so I'll try some different ones and see how I get on. My shooting is a mix of driven game clay shooting walked up so thinking 30".will just have to have a play about. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Westley Posted October 9, 2016 Report Share Posted October 9, 2016 A bit of a clue ! there are a lot of second hand 32" guns about. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
motty Posted October 9, 2016 Report Share Posted October 9, 2016 A bit of a clue ! there are a lot of second hand 32" guns about. I would say there are a lot of second hand 28" barrelled guns about, too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fortune Posted October 9, 2016 Report Share Posted October 9, 2016 It's all fashion. I like 25" barrels but I don't really worry about the gun, I concentrate on The target. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Westward Posted October 9, 2016 Report Share Posted October 9, 2016 I would estimate that at least 75% of the AA/AAA sporting clay shots that I come across are using 32s. Most of the rest use 30s and probably less than 1% are using 28s. Long barrels are not a fad and do not require you to be a large man. Plenty of women and shorter men choose 32s and shoot well with them because a well balanced 32" O/U feels lighter and quicker than a barrel heavy gun such as a 30" Browning 425 sporter, even though the overall weight of the Browning might less. Long barrels give stability without having to be nose heavy and are more accurate to point as the gun comes up to the cheek. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cervusman Posted October 14, 2016 Report Share Posted October 14, 2016 I shoot with 26" barrels with fixed 1/4 and mod chokes. I use it for all sorts of clays and I've shot some really high birds, it suits me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cervusman Posted October 14, 2016 Report Share Posted October 14, 2016 I shoot a 12b with 26" barrels, fixed 1/4 and mod chokes. I shoot all sorts of clays and shot some really high pheasants and pigeon with it, it suits me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kody Posted October 14, 2016 Report Share Posted October 14, 2016 I shoot a 12b with 26" barrels, fixed 1/4 and mod chokes. I shoot all sorts of clays and shot some really high pheasants and pigeon with it, it suits me.Me to 26incher in 12 and 20 both are heavily choked and I have shot very high birdsLonger barrels don't kill any further Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CharlieT Posted October 14, 2016 Report Share Posted October 14, 2016 Me to 26incher in 12 and 20 both are heavily choked and I have shot very high birds Longer barrels don't kill any further Another "me too" here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walker570 Posted October 14, 2016 Report Share Posted October 14, 2016 Personally 410 30 inch barrels do what I need them to do. Had the 28 inch model but sold that and moved to the 30 inch. I think the choice can be often decided as to theshooters height, build etc. I know some short in the leg who do shoot 30s very well but in the main they choose shorter barrels. FASHION is mostly to blame. Suddenly in the last four or five years 32s plus extended super dooper chokes have become the thing to have, but at the end of the day , YOU have to put it in the middle of the pattern to kill that bird. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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