Originally Posted by jwp475
Originally Posted by ironbender
Originally Posted by bluefish
I just don't see how 3-4" of barrel makes a rifle "handier".

This is the important part:

“ make it a bit more handy in the brush”.

It won’t hang up as much.


I've never seen this to be the case in my experience, if the brush was a problem I have always went with a big bore revolver. Now that is much handier


I find that I can hit stuff mush more reliably with a short barreled rifle than I can with any handgun.