Whats trendy this year ? thats the real question . 25 years or so back You Americans wanted 26" guns by the bucket load . We sleeved loads of older guns to 26" to be sold over there as 30" were old fashioned and bad sellers .
But now you have followed the trend for long barrels , the longer the better as it is impossible to hit a barn at 10 paces unless you have a 34 inch multi choke .

Absolute rubbish . What length barrels you like is what YOU like and are happy with , not what has been written in some book or magazine .