Now I'm only joking when I say this, but for some reason those short canadian fella's love those very long 30"+ barrels for some dang reason!!! Must make them feel taller I guess!! HeeHeeHee!!!
They have mentioned in numerous hunting magazines that the modern shotshell powder that's in these turkey loads today, will burn up completely in about 18-20" of barrel length!! Anything longer will act like a break on the wad, in fact slowing it down due to friction loss. While this loss isn't that great, the main reason for using a shorter barrel on your turkey gun is the much easier ability to get around and under brush and tree limbs while walking through the woods. A longer barrel is desirable while duck/goose hunting because of the longer sighting plane and for swinging with the target. A turkey gun is used mainly to shoot at a stationary bird, so you don't really need a long barrel, unless you like to flush them and then try to bust them while there in flight!! So I would suggest a 21-24" barrel length as being almost perfect!!
Now, I always kid BOSSTOM with his 44" turkey barrel, I always mention to him to place a Bayonet on the end of his gun and then he can just jab the birds when they get in close!! HeeHeeHee!!!!<img src=icon_smile_big.gif border=0 align=middle>