I have a new BPS that I have turned into a dedicated turkey gun. It shoots well and Ive had patterns that Im happy with. The only thing I don't really like about the gun is that it has a 24" barrel. My others have been shorter, 20" on an 835 and 21" ( I think) on an 870. I always hear that making a barrel shorter will negatively affect the guns ability to pattern as well. My question is how much does it actually effect the patterns? Im sure shooting it is the only way to really know, but does anyone have any first hand experience where they can say " I had X gun and with a 26" barrel it shot 200 holes in a 10" circle-- and after the barrel was shortened to 20" with the same choke and shell it put 150 holes in a 10 inch circle at the same distance? " I hate to find out I made a bad decision on cutting it down after the fact.
Thanks
Jay