RE: Over Under or Side by Side?
It is personal prefferance .
The O/U gives you the same sight picture as your other shotguns
The SxS can give you a flater gun or more trim
I shoot O/Us
Go to a large gunshop and pick up several .Depending what you are going to use it for , 26" barrels are fast and easy in heavy cover but can lead to poor follow throughs
28" probley the all around faviret
30 " best for follow through but still only as long over all as a 26" pump gun but heavyer
I shoot a 26" 28 gau SxS , a 26" 20 gau O/U and a 30" 12 gau O/U