Much wisdom above in what eightbore has said. I shoot a MX-8, 31 1/2" in the main events, prelims and side games at tournaments. Sometime during the day on Friday I will pause to shoot the 20 ga. with a SP II, a gun with vast handling differences than the MX-8, and my dove and quail gun. If I'm shooting well that day I'll shoot well with both guns, but I shoot a method that requires very short moves to the bird, like eightbore said. I call it ambush lead. The less gun movement with any gun the more control you have, but especially so with a lighter and quicker handling gun.
Lest any naysayers say it won't work for game, I beg to differ. It works for pre-mounting as I shoot sporting, and it works for low gun as I shoot game. The muzzle is delivered to the "ambush point" during the mount on live game, then the very short move to establish lead is made.
