How tall is a shotgun

Yep i get that as well Rob. Anyway I have a lesson booked on Wed so I'll have a chat with my coach. I'll have a try on his 28" 20 bore and see how I do. Agree with coach - got an MK70 30" - at first found it heavy - dry mounting helped a lot - builds muscles as well as muscle memory.

General Rule of thumb is if you stand the butt on the floor next to you and the chokes are higher than your eye line its too long You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account. Paste as plain text instead. Only 75 emoji are allowed. Display as a link instead.

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Cheers Nick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options If a gun is too long for someone, it feels heavy and cumbersome. In conclusion, I would say that a 30in over-and-under could be considered as a good standard for the average person to start with, but bearing in mind height variations, a 28in or 32in could be more appropriate. Skip to content ». Home Advice. What length shotgun barrels should I buy? Is height and reach important?

The overall length of a gun can present a much higher degree of difficulty, particularly for a shorter person with a long gun, as it is likely to be unwieldy, awkward and much heavier in the left hand right-handed shooter. That weight-forward bias smooths the swing.

My personal experience is that long-barreled guns handle far better for me, though part of that might have to do with my arm length and hand position on the stock. When I intentionally place my hand closer to the action, the feel of the gun changes. My experiences are also scenario-specific. When hunting doves, I find that my percentages typically go up on hard-flying birds in proportion to barrel length. For dense cover and snap shooting, portability outweighs balance. Rifle and pistol shooters are affected by the length of sight radius, and that term has bled over into discussions regarding shotgun barrel length.

Velocity is more easily analyzed than balance and swing since it can be measured with a chronograph. So the difference between a inch and a inch barrel will be 60 feet per second with light target loads—hardly a significant difference. But I wanted to test these theoretical values, so I rounded up and gauge guns with barrel lengths measuring from 24 to 28 inches.