Was the Marlin "Goose Gun" really better for goose hunting?

[Jack Robinson]

They made an excellent jack handle or snipe.

 

[dutchhunter]

my marlin goose gun has a great pattern and I have won many many turkey shots with it .it is like the choke is more gradual smother and is a joy to shot .I never noticed any problem with deformed shot .Dutch

 

[meadowmuffin3]

The first moose I shot was with a Marlin Goose Gun. I did not have a rifle at the time, so I humped this along after borrowing it from a friend.
What a PITA to carry in the woods, but up on the open country it was not too bad. First shot at around 60m (i think, I was pretty exicited at the time and it was a long time ago) with the CIL slugs passed right through. It went two steps and collapsed.
Never used it for birds, though.

slugs make shooting birds a little more difficult

 

[FLHTCUI]

Remember the Marlin "Goose gun" 12 gauge with the 36-inch barrel?

Was it really any better at long shots than a 28-inch barreled shotgun? I mean how much fuller than full can you make a full choke?

So, thinking back to the lead shot days; if you had one of those guns with a 36-inch barrel loaded with #2 or BB shot and shot at geese 40 to 50 yards away, what was the benefit over using a gun with a 28-inch or even a 30-inch barrel? Did that long barrel work like the special extended custom chokes we can use today to supposedly improve our patterns?

Was it really better or just clever marketing?

MD, there is Extra Full and Even Turkey Full chokes, not sure if they had the Extra full back in the day.
Did you get one of them long necked guns???
you best get it out there and shoot it against the Auto 5 you own and tell us how it makes out...the Goose Gun by Marlin that is.
Tight Chokes well modified at least
Rob