Yea, that's what it was. We used shorts unless we were going to the river bottom where there were deer, in which case we got the high powered longs.
I remember the day my uncle (4 years older than me) turned me on to long rifles!!! Wow! I never knew they existed!!! Longs were a treat! Shorts were always available! Or as some of the old folks here called em "shoats". LOL! Like the little pig!