os2firefox wrote:Does anyone know where I can buy an 18" or a 22" barrel for the SXP shotgun?
The only short barrel option available now is the 22" rifled barrel as another person mentioned. The sites I have seen either do not carry it or it is out of stock. My 26" barrel is up for sale, but if not sold today, I will probably keep it and have it cut down at some later point. A gunsmith told me it can be done for $60 and will wind up being 18-19 depending on where a rib post is...
The reason the barrels are not interchangeable on Defender and standard models is the length of the magazine tube. Winchester prefers a 18" barrel on the Defender for some reason, but that's fine IMO.
I do know that Nordic components ( perhaps Choate as well ) is considering a magazine extension for the SXP, so at some point one could be modifying the gun to have a short barrel and the additional capacity. Then a minor issue becomes creating your own magazine dowel for hunting purposes...