barrel length

[acurrburr]

What's a good barrel length for field??

[acurrburr]

I'm using a M4 CQB and i know the barrel is shorter than it probably should be for field because it's a CQB gun

[Russilwest]

I have several "short-barreled" shotguns as well as a couple of 28 and 30 inch ones. I believe a long barreled shotgun gives one a 'longer' sighting plane for distant shots at overhead, passing migratory birds; ducks, geese, and dove high hard ones, where tracking flight with the shotgun is what most do. However, for many of us that are 'point-and-shoot' gunners, "short" scatterguns may be the preferred weapon as they are (seem?) quicker to get on the target. One drawback to short barreled shotguns is muzzle blast in the close confines of a duck/goose blind.