#1079421 - 12/11/08 07:24 PM
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4onaside
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What length barrel does everyone use? I have an 870 with a 26"barrel, but it is a tad long with some pop-up blinds that I am using. Works fine in some homebrew permanent blinds that I have built, but I like the flexibility of popups. Obviously, the solution is to get a bigger and more expensive popup, or a shorter barrel.
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#1079662 - 12/11/08 09:07 PM
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#1080217 - 12/12/08 10:09 AM
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I think mine is 23
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#1080704 - 12/12/08 02:22 PM
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#1082124 - 12/13/08 08:14 PM
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JAY B
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#1082608 - 12/14/08 11:54 AM
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Been pondering the long barrel deal, and I have come up with at least a semi-solution, without the expense of a new shotgun or barrel. Install a flush mounted choke, which will chop an inch off replacing the extended choke now in place(hopefully the new one will pattern "good enough"). And, replace the recoil pad with a plastic butt plate( which will shorten the gun by almost another inch). Aint scewin' around with this stuff fun!
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#1084257 - 12/15/08 12:50 PM
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I'm pretty partial to my 26" with ext. choke in my 870.
I went out and bought a blind thinking I needed it, wound up using it to hunt in on a rainy day and got a jake for practice (first solo bird). Then the other 3 were locate, run & gun (figuratively speaking). No time to set up a blind...... I use it now some to deer hunt out of.... The key is to just be versatile, the less you have to carry around the easier it will be to carry a big gobbler for a long distance.
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#1084292 - 12/15/08 01:03 PM
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24" Mossberg 835 Ultimag with a comp-choke XXX full choke
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#1084422 - 12/15/08 01:38 PM
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I'm pretty partial to my 26" with ext. choke in my 870.
I went out and bought a blind thinking I needed it, wound up using it to hunt in on a rainy day and got a jake for practice (first solo bird). Then the other 3 were locate, run & gun (figuratively speaking). No time to set up a blind...... I use it now some to deer hunt out of.... The key is to just be versatile, the less you have to carry around the easier it will be to carry a big gobbler for a long distance.
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#1084728 - 12/15/08 03:22 PM
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Lawrence
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I have two 870's
1 with 21"
1 with 23"
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