For me it is because, with the barrel on each side of the rib, it changes the way the actual lead looks. Even though I'm not looking
at those barrels the gap, the forward allowance, looks different to me with a S x S.
I have also had many serious competittors tell me that the lead looks different to them when they go from a 32" barrel to, say, a 26". It is hard to quantify, but if it changes the perception of what that leads looks like, it is real.
SRH
'Bout time for Wonko to drop in and tell me how stupid that is.