Hey folks,
I've taken a liking to shooting trap informally with a friend's thrower, and my shotgun is an M2 with a 21'' barrel. I'm pretty set on using that shotgun because it's the one I would grab for any match my other club hosts, and more familiarity is therefore better. So, I'm looking at a dedicated trap range for that.
My local trap range frowns upon two things: flying empties and short barrels. They're the only game in town, so I've rubber-banded my M2 for the former, and for the latter, I'm considering one of the below options
New/used 28'' barrel
Have to swap barrels
Benefits of additional sight radius
Still my favorite shotgun controls
This will run me anywhere from 300-500 USD (ouch)
Briley 6'' barrel extension
this puts me just over their length.
Easier swap; just changing chokes and don't have to fuss with my barrel clamp
Shouldn't affect my POI, right?
Still my favorite shotgun, just with really extended chokes
150-200 USD (much more tolerable)
I'm leaning heavily towards the barrel extensions right now since I just discovered their existence and the price is more within my current budget. I've seen some older posts here with no initial complaints, but now that it's 6-8 years down the road from those, I was curious if there are some glaring flaws with them that I've missed.