My two cents is whatever feels best. I am a huge Benelli fan, but bought the 1301. It's a sweet shotty, much less recoil and shoots rifled slugs better than my actual slug gun. I like the adjustable length stock. I am not short, but I left a spacer out to keep it a half inch short so the butt doesn't hook my shirt when I shoulder the gun. The loading port needed opening up for me, and I am going to weld the lifter. One downfall it it only comes with one imp cyl choke, I bought a full set of extended chokes. Overall I love it, I put a +5 Nordic extension on the 24" barrel in it is flush with the extended choke. Hope this helps