RE: How important is barrel length?
Been thru SW PA and WV, a couple of times,and can see no distinguishable difference..........
As far as touching a sore spot you need not flatter yourself, the definition of "jive turkey" here, is that it's something us hill people don't speak/cater to.....period.
"Killitude" is easy, as is "skookum"....knew once,a 105 pound, 5' 7", long haired blonde who was much skookum....'specially in the back seat of my crummy.
She had her own definate opinions on barrel length as well...........