what’s the shortest LEGAL barrel you can put on a shotgun in CA?
I have a semi-auto Browning B-80 that I would like to buy a short barrel for, with a much wider shot pattern for close-in home defense purposes.
I think that B-80 has something like a 28″ original barrel on it now.
Yes i do agree that the 3″ Mag 12-gauge shells really do kick! I used to go hunting with three guys and for fun i would sometimes put some 3″ Mag shells packed with BB shot into my gun, and use the tight choke.
This was great when a very close – flushed pheasant would rattle the nerves of my hunting buddies so they would each take a shot and miss the bird. I would hold back and watch that show as the bird flew away
After the bird got by their nervous misses and reached about 50 yards, they would give up trying to down it with their #5 shot (0.110 dia.)
Then I would fire off a round of 3″ Mag with BB shot (0.18″ dia) at the bird. Often that would bring down a rooster flying straightaway even at a range of 60 yards. It would also put a bruise on my shoulder. Damn, those shells kicked. And my hunting buddies would usually look at me and say, “shit! What the hell you got loaded in that gun?”
Also, during the game dinners, when my buddies chewed into bird meat and bit down upon shot that turned out to be BB-sized, it settled arguments real fast over who shot which birds!
