Perazzi HPX shotgun review

Perazzi HPX shotgun review.
Take a reputable Italian gunmaker, which made its name producing competition guns (later turning to game guns), add an enthusiastic Englishman, who believes the guns can be improved on and that extra-long barrels are the way forward, and you have the basic concept behind the High Pheasant Extreme (HPX) version of the Perazzi.

Of course, in the days of blackpowder, long barrels were the norm and some of these vintage pieces are very pointable.

Come the late 1960s, even 30in barrels were regarded as old hat – 28in was the sought-after length, with other enthusiasts clinging to Mr Churchill?s concept that 25in was best.

I was taught that barrel length should be proportionate to the height of the user and that for high, fast birds or targets, it is better to err on the long side rather than the short.