Sir Charles,,,,keeping the full barrel length is one reason I was considering the Stevens. After all, frontier types had to hunt. I agree with you on this. It was the full length shotgun that won the west. As modifying, I was refering to profiling the stock to a more 'period' look.
Oh,,question,,,does SASS or CAS require a 12ga,,or would a 12 or 20 either one work? How is the 'shotgun' catagory judged? Number of pellets?
Thanks for you imput. Its much appreciated.