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King with the new inovations in wad technology the length of the barrel doesn't
really control expansion like it once did.
So your 24" barrel should pattern fine even at longer ranges. The reason I and most of
the people I shoot with prefer a longer barrel is that it follows through much better. With the short light barrels there is a tendency to stop on your target or a little behind what your are aiming for. The extra weight of a 30" or 28" has more momentum to it so you swing through the target without thinking about it.
If I were you I'd take the gun and some of the ammo you plan to shoot and go shoot some trap to get used the different feel of the shorter barrel. Other than that you shouldn't have any problems with the shorter
barrel.
One of the guys I hunt Duck and Geese with uses an old Mossy 500 with a 24" modified barrel and he does as well as most of us other hunters.
As for the weight when you are putting up alot of steel high base mags you will be happy to have it.
Goos Luck Woody
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