I got into turkey hunting using my browning BPS 12 3" with its 28 inch barrel and its been deadly for me.
Only once have I ever had issues with the long barrel when I was hitting overhead branches as I moved my shotgun from one side to the next as the tom was looking away...
I've never missed and I figure the long barrel and plain bead give a long sighting plane. Maybe people miss with the short barrels for that reason.
My question is... Is there any performance reason for a short barreled turkey gun other than handling? Wouldn't the loads lose velocity like a short barreled rifle?
Is this just a marketing ploy to get us to buy short barrels or more shotguns???
(disclaimer - you can have as many shotguns in your arsenal as golf clubs in a bag ;-))
Last edited by humdinger; 05/20/15.
