It was my impression that shorter barrel were all the rage for upland hunters during many of the pre WWII years and were offered by all the American (and a couple British) makers, a standard option if thats not an oxymoron.
AH Fox even designated 26 inch barrels as a standard in a Sterlingworth model called the "brush gun"
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