Originally Posted by aka123

Isn't needed? No, but it is better. As having barrel altogether.

About the rest; it is just regular bullshit when someone hasn't valid counterargument. I have hunted about 20 years and I posses firearms. But it doesn't even matter, you are just out of arguments; other than "you are so great and I know nothing"-bullshit.

So, please explain how shorter barrel is safer? Easier to manipulate regarding what situation? We are talking about hunting and it doesn't happen in very confined environments. And even if your barrel clings to some object, it isn't dangerously. Actually, the shorter barrel the easier you shoot yourself. What comes to getting out of a stand, car, getting over fence, etc., all safety instructions tell you to do it with unloaded gun. So, the only dangerously part is you managing to hit yourself with your own gun, or just stumbling in general. What comes to the safety of shorter barrel, as I have been in military service I can tell something about that; especially one guy without front teeth and a half of a lip can tell you that shorter barrel is not that safe when stumbling (he fell when skiing downhill).