Dont longer bbls mandate more consistent form/ grip due to time of flight within?
A shorter bbl might have some pluses besides convenient carry.
I rather liked my 4" 629-1. But the sights crude enough that for me it was a 50 yard max rig. 6" was good to 100 and the 8 3/8 was easy to blast stuff out a ways.
Even w the crappy locktime of Ruger SA and DA tigs sporting 7.5 to 9.5 ......i shot then well w irons.
Alas, those days are GONE.
