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Will be a hard sell for sure.

Sold very few firearms in my life. Don't recall ever selling a shotgun. My first 870 sat in the safe until it went up in flames. After finding the campfire I bought and sold a few hunting rifles, but that's about it.

So your answers don't need to include resale in the consideration. Performace is the question.

OK, then buy what you want, but 32 would be most “shooters” choice....however, the user puts on the performance...the shotgun isn’t any different than a musical instrument....practice determines the quality of the performance....

Battue is right. For sporting clays the vast majority of competitors shoot 32” guns. And it’s not a fad.

If it were a Fad, that would be one hell of a run for a Fad!

I started bidding on a 725 with 32 barrels. Asked the seller to send a picture of the label on the box. Posted it up and apologized for it being 30 inch barrels. Won the auction at $2050, what I consider a pretty great price for this gun. Savings can always go towards some sub gauge tubs which will add to the forward weight that seems to be all the craze.

Thanks for the advice, and please understand I wasn't discounting it, just couldn't pass up a good deal.

Good luck and shooting with your choice and Browning makes a great sportier.

However for accuracy, when the likes of Perazzi and Beretta make a 32 or 34 inch barrel it isn’t necessarily about forward weight. Perazzi especially when they make different weight barrels at the same length. And both of them tend to balance out all of their higher end offerings regardless of barrel length..

While the 32’s may or may not balance a little further forward, almost all of the top guns shoot 32’s in an O/U for the longer sighting plane and improved pointing characteristics of the longer..

Example being we don’t point with our finger close to our nose....we extend our arm fully while pointing.