I'm with you 257Bob...I've had both 24" and 26" and the latter just "felt right". 22" starts to feel like a 'carbine" to me, ha. I have waded into some thick stuff, with a 28-30" barreled shotgun and never felt handicapped. Shorter barrels are indeed "handier", but for what I always used a "magnum" for, the longer barrels made more sense...to me. Stalking out in the open or sitting in a box blind, barrel length means squat, may as well squeeze all the juice out of a round!
