[JustSomeDude]

I just bought a 1300 with a 30" fixed full choke plain barrel. What I really want is either an 18.5 or 20". I am debating cutting this one or selling this barrel to get what I want. A new short barrel would be about as much as I paid for the gun, so that's not all that attractive to me. So anyway, what is my existing 30" barrel worth?

[rcmodel]

Send it to Carlsons and have it cut & choke tubes installed.

It's only $85.00 bucks with three tubes & two wrenchs.

http://www.choketube.com/instal.html

rcmodel

[kentucky_smith]

I bought a rifle-sighted 22" from www.midwestgunworks.com for around $180, already setup with winchokes. I bought it with turkey hunting in mind, but have found it to be very handy for other things.

[Fred Fuller]

http://www.barrelexchange.com/index.cfm

http://www.corsonsbarrels.com/

-or try looking on gunbroker.com

hth,

lpl/nc

[thebigc]

i had the same problem with my 1300 i coudlent find any cheap barrels so i just cut it myself at the closest rib post above 18'' sanded down the rough edges and made sure it was straight then drilled and tapped the rib for a new bead all i have left to do is reblue the end of the barrel it looks pretty nice and definetly made the gun much handier.

[JustSomeDude]

Ok, guys, does someone have an answer for the actual question of the value of my existing barrel? I know it's not that hard to find a short one, but I need to know if I can expect to cover that cost by selling this one.