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jmr40 · January 5, 2012, 08:12 PM

Gonna disagree.

It depends on where and how you hunt. Most of the time you don't swing a shotgun at quail around here. You poke the barrel through an opening in the brush and pull the trigger when something flies in front of the barrel. Most of the most successul hunters I know use old cheap doubles cut down to around 20" to lose all the choke.

But I do somewhat agree that if you are going to swing on game, or clays, you can go too short, but 24" ain't that bad on a repeater. You'll still be at about the same overall length and and balance of a 28" double.

I just wouldn't choose an 11-87 for this project for the reasons I cited above.

January 5, 2012, 08:12 PM	#12
jmr40 Senior Member Join Date: June 15, 2008 Location: Georgia Posts: 10,809	Gonna disagree. It depends on where and how you hunt. Most of the time you don't swing a shotgun at quail around here. You poke the barrel through an opening in the brush and pull the trigger when something flies in front of the barrel. Most of the most successul hunters I know use old cheap doubles cut down to around 20" to lose all the choke. But I do somewhat agree that if you are going to swing on game, or clays, you can go too short, but 24" ain't that bad on a repeater. You'll still be at about the same overall length and and balance of a 28" double. I just wouldn't choose an 11-87 for this project for the reasons I cited above.