Hi Greg;
Thanks for the reply. My K80 Sporting is 32" which I love for sporting clays, but I have to admit feels WAY long as a field gun to me, not that I have any real experience in the field. I've only been pheasant hunting once a very long time ago.
Maybe the 26" length feels so right to me from my skeet days. When I was competing, it was very common for a skeet gun to have 26" barrels.
Anyway, I'm sure my VS will do it's part, as long as I do mine. Just bought my son a nice little 20 ga Huglu Ringneck, which I know some feel are problematic, but the price was right and I won't have a coronary if he beats it up, so we can do some pheasant hunting together.
By the way, beautiful Churchill.
Gino