I shoot skeet with a Bill Hanus bird gun, and upland with a WC Scott "Orvis Best". Both are 25" and 28ga. One is 5lbs 13 and the other is 5lbs 14. They are light and lively. Wouldn't change a thing. I did have, at one point, a Dickinson Estate cut to 25" and re-choked. It weighed 5lbs 2. I never thought I would say a gun could be too light. That one was, and it was VERY wippy. Couldn't shoot it to save my life so down the road it went. I love short barrels but it depends on the individual gun.

Bill Johnson