does the length of a shotgun barrel has some thing to do with its effective range?

Answer 1

To put it bluntly, No. A longer barrel means the recoile ounce the trigger is pulled will be reduced.
Greater recoile with a shorter barrel.
Over hear in the uk we are allowed to shoot and own shotguns with barrel lengths bettween 26" and 32" anything under or over then we need to apply for a Firearms certificate.
When talking about range then you need to take a few things into consideration, the bore of the gun ie--- 8, 10, 12, 16, 20, 28 or even 410,,,, the choke in the gun wether its fixed or multi, then there is the cartridge that is used.
For range you would need to use a combanation of a heavy cartridge,,, say 36grm through full choke, use a 12 for instance
I use a AyA 3" magnum 12 bore, this is a gun thats designed to take a much greater cartridge than the average shotgun, for this purpuse the barrels are proffed to graeter footpounds.
This gun has 2 full choke barrels and will fire a 3" 54grm cartridge. Iv shot foxs up to 50yrds, hairs upto 60yrds and game birds at 60 plus.
Hope this helped, if not you can always e mail me.

Average shotgun cartridge size 2 threequater "
cartridge size 28, 30, 32, 34 grams
Magnum proof guns will take all loads of cartridge designed for that bore. magnum shells 50 up to 56 grams

Chokes--- full, 3quater, half, quater, skeet or true cilender.

Answer 2

No, it does not.

The effective range of a shotgun is based on the slope of the barrel taper. The choke. If a 20" barrel is choked to the point that the shot focuses at exactly 50 yards, and a 30" barrel is choked to the same point of focus, you will count pretty close to the same amount of pellets hitting the target from both barrels.

The only caveat to that is that in modern shotguns, short barrels are almost always cylinder bore which means they have no choke at all....and long barrels will tend to have tighter chokes to focus the shot tighter for say, goose hunting.

You could put a full choke on an 18.5" tactical barrel and the same on a 36" specialty barrel and both, under the same conditions, will put just as many pellets into a target at a given range plus or minus 18". The only difference is, in the real world, it's far easier and more exact to aim and choke a longer barrel than it is a shorter one....so goose guns will always be longer than riot guns.

Answer 3

Yes, not so much due to velocity but do to accuracy.
By adding an additional 20" extender to a shotgun barrel, you can get slugs at tight groups at 150 yards plus.
With shot a longer barrel will give a more effective range and a tighter group but the effects are not very great relatively. Although when standing on the receiving end the extra 20 yard reach of a long barrel versus a sawed off barrel makes all the difference in the world.

Answer 4

No...as just me stated, a longer barrel might give you just a little more velocity, but it is minimal. The last 2-3 inches of the barrel where the choke is are the only thing that will affect the pattern.
An 18 inch barrel with a full choke will have a longer effective range than a 30 inch barrel with an improved cylinder choke. The best reason for longer barrels these days is that it helps to smooth your swing. A short barrel is easier to jerk around than a longer one. The sporting clays shooters prefer longer barrels for this reason. Smooth swinging.

Answer 5

Not within the range of normal barrel lengths. This one has been around for ages, and won't go away. Barrel length has some importance in rifles, but the only thing it really makes any difference with in your scattergun in sight plane.

Answer 6

only on the extreme ends of the length spectrum.

For instance a 26 in barrel will produce higher velocities than an 18 inch.

The real advantage of the longer barrels is in the shootability however, the longer tube is better for follow through and will "hang" on target better

Answer 7

Yes, somewhat. For example, geese fly higher and at longer range than most birds. A 30" bbl. shotgun is normally called a "goose gun" because of that. Length of bbl. + type of choke unite to throw a tighter shot pattern farther away.

Answer 8

the longer the barrel holds a better pattern/using a full choke or ex/full choke helps it to hold your small game hunts. the shorter barrels and slug barrels differ for different kinds of hunts.

Answer 9

yes, a shorter barrell means the pellets are going to spread out quicker, longer barrell helps the pellets remain in a closer group (if that makes any kind of sense)

Answer 10

yes. but it also has alot to do with effectivness in different game bird habbitats.for instance, a short barrel is better for ruffed grouse, because it spreads the shot out more and wont get caught on all the different bushes and short aspens that the ruffed grouse lives in.