Did some study on preferred barrel length for clays shooting. Varied from 28 to 32. I've never had an O/U but am saving my sheckels looking for a deal. For you guys that shoot shotty at places like PHA what barrel length do you prefer?
Like others have stated, I think it depends on the clay sport you plan on shooting and what feels good to you. I shoot mostly skeet. Started with a 28" o/u and found it to be a bit whippy and choppy while swinging. Moved up to a 30" o/u and to me, perfection. Very smooth in swing, great balance. This of course depends on the gun you have for not all 30" o/u's are going the handle the same way. I've been dabbling in some trap shooting lately and find the 30" a little on the short side when trying to reach out to hit the straight away targets. The same when shooting sporting clays, a little short on the longer shots. If I had a dedicated o/u for each of the clay sports, I would shoot 30" for skeet, 32" for sporting clays and 34" for trap with both a uni-single under barrel and o/u if shooting trap doubles.