Comparing 5E SBT Restoration To Original 4E SBT

[Bill Murphy]

I've been fooling with Ithaca single trap guns for decades, but just recently heard talk of "heavy" and "light" barrels. This is the first time I've seen a picture of the thick muzzle. Could you weigh these guns to compare the two? Both guns are great examples.

[Frank Good]

Originally Posted by Bill Murphy

I've been fooling with Ithaca single trap guns for decades, but just recently heard talk of "heavy" and "light" barrels. This is the first time I've seen a picture of the thick muzzle. Could you weigh these guns to compare the two? Both guns are great examples.

I'd be happy to and it would also satisfy my curiosity. Would a digital bathroom scale work? I don't have anything else that would work well except for a Berkley Lip Grip and I know from testing it out it is accurate to within 1oz using a certified 10lb weight but I will not chance damaging the guns hooking them by the metal grips of the scale to hold them up for a weigh in.
Bill, look at the difference in the outer barrel diameter in these two pics. Optical illusion? I think not as you can clearly see as well a big difference in the height of the end of the vent rib. I'll need to borrow a buddy's calipers and take some measurements. The 4E wears a factory raybar sight and the rib is clearly taller where it is attached to the muzzle. A result of the overall narrower outside diameter of the possibly "lighter" barrel.

[Bill Murphy]

Frank, my wife got tired of me using her kitchen food scale to weigh guns. I went on Amazon and found a great variety of scales for twenty bucks or a bit more, some much less. I bought one for me and one for a friend whose high end gun store couldn't weigh a gun.