another dumb old kBob Question

Yes. But.

Cutting the barrels on an O/U may result in a change in point of impact. However, since you now have cylinder bores delivering useful patterns out to @ 15 yards, any variation in regulation should be small.

kBob said:

Does cutting down an O/U have the same issues about barrel regulation a S/S shortening has?

Just curious in case I run across a deal to good to pass up on a used hard (cosmetically challenged ) O/U and I happen to have a hack saw with me at the time. I believe that the classic S/S looks nicer but a 19 0r 20 inch O/U would be useful I suspect.

Anyone have experience with that?

-kBob

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Cheaper (probably) and more to the point:


They don't make them anymore, but I can't imagine them being expensive on the used market.

Or, this:

https://www.stoegerindustries.com/condor-outback-shotgun

Finding a used 26" Condor and whacking it down is probably your least expensive option. Cutting the barrels probably will not hurt the regulation on them-Conodors are not known for stellar regulation to begin with.

kBob said:

entropy,

Thanks for the quick response.

Those look like the same guns stocked and sighted differently. Turkey?

-kBob

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Yes, The HS-12 was made in Turkey, as are Stoegers.

Cutting down the barrels on a O/U wouldn’t be a simple operation since they are connected at the front.

A decent O/U has ribs on both sides connecting the barrels from the breech to the muzzle with a few exceptions like Blaser and Kreighoff

George P said:

A decent O/U has ribs on both sides connecting the barrels from the breech to the muzzle with a few exceptions like Blaser and Kreighoff

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My Red Label 28 doesn’t have full length side ribs...and I think it’s a decent O/U .

It’s no Perrazzi, but it wasn’t 12k either .

Stay safe.

Glad you like your Ruger 28; I had one of the early versions (the one they SUPPOSEDLY got right) - they didn't. 3 trips back to Ruger, never got it to work properly; away it went. Ruger tried a second time and failed again; sorry and I hope yours works for as long as you want, but you couldn't give me one of those. So, needless to say, I do not consider them a "decent gun".
It has nothing to do with the price point, as I would easily take a Dickinson (Turkish) over the Ruger - and it costs less.