I would much prefer a shorter barrel.

Originally I was going to have my Remy 600 rebarreled to a heavy 20 incher. I talked to the custom shop and they asked me what I was wanting to do. At the time I was on our home town PD (5 officers) and I was single so thought I would get the Police sniper package (BIG BUCKS) so then thought I would just rebarrel my 600. The guy told me that when they got a call for a police sniper package, they got a barreled action down off the rack, slapped it into a synthetic stock and there you go. He THEN said if they got a call for a VLS rifle they got a barreled action down off the rack, slapped it into a laminated stock and and there you go, for SEVERAL hundred dollars less. So I ordered the VLS.