Yessir, the V-6's are beautiful creatures, I dont know your height, but I am 6' 2 1/2" in my socks, I absolutely love 25" barrels on the heavier carry rifles.
In the case of your 404J it may very well be fired from shooting sticks in the wilds of the dark continent some day, either or, I love the way a bigger bore rifle planes for me on firing.
My 8-Bore has a 28" barrel and my 577 has 26" barrels, they are perfect in my regard, and I believe an extra 2"'s of barrel will make weight just fine without going overboard.
If ya remember pics of my little 6.5 Swede and 9.3X62 they each wear 25" barrels and couldn't be more perfect for me.
Gunner
