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Barrel Length

Barrel Length   "I’m a new shooter. I’m fairly athletic and shoot almost entirely American skeet. What barrel length should I buy for my next gun? 26, 28 or 30 inches? How do you choose?"   Although you are a skeet shooter, I am often asked this question by sporting clays shooters. There are three big factors I takeinto account before recommending a barrel length. First, I need to know the discipline you shoot. For walk-up hunting, skeet, or any other discipline that requires a lot of horizontal gun movement, I recommend a relatively shorter barrel (relative to the second … [Read more...]

Tagged With: Ask the Instructor, Barrel Length, Don Currie, NSCA Chief instructor

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