I have 4 side-by-sides with 28" barrels, 12 gauge Trojan, 12 gauge Ideal, a M21 12 gauge field grade mfg. 1949, and a 20 Sterlingworth(Utica gun). I don't think I'd care for any of these shotguns with 26" barrels-

I like a 14&1/2" LOP and a long-ish buttstock with 26" barrels looks out of proportion to me. My favorite 12 gauge shotguns have 30" barrels, whether L.C. Smiths or Model 12's- but to each man his own--

A friend has two older M21 skeet guns, a 12 and a 16 gauge, both with 26" barrels choked WS-1 and WS-2-- single trigger, ejector, both made between 1947 and 1950-

"The field is the touchstone of the man"..