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I feel compelled to state that shotgun barrel length in itself, has no effect on pattern spread. That is the purpose of choke.

No choke will allow you to point (inaccurately) and hit a target in any distance other than as a fluke.

A shotgun must be pointed with great precision with moving targets and with pretty good precision in combat or home protection situations as the spread is minimal within 30 feet.

Any device that allows you to point a shotgun with greater precision will increase the accuracy 70 to 80%.

There are several devices that accomplish this. Sights, lasers, HUDs for slow moving or very close targets.

The best for fast moving targets (birds, clays) is a properly fitted stock and proper form. Shotgun bird or clay shooting is all hand/eye coordination just like a golf swing, tennis racket, dart throw or a baseball swing. That is, you concentrate on the target (ball, clay, bird) not on the device (club, dart, ball, bat, racket).

A proper mount/form combined with a properly fitted stock will result in a typical 70- 80% hit rate with instruction.

I have a try-gun (an adjustable (pull, drop, cant, cast)fitting gun) left over from my Holland and Holland days and would extend the offer to fit people for free (or for travel expenses) when I am in the States.