[John E. Williams]

Originally Posted by Dean Romig

It looks more like the barrel weight stamps are 5 lb. 12 0z.

I was beginning to wonder if that "8" wasn't perhaps an over stamped or otherwise damaged "5" because 512 would put the barrels right about where they should be for a 3-frame gun, right? Eight pound barrels would make my gun pretty much useless as a shooter.