" Thanks, William. This seems to be on the lighter side, would you agree. **I'll bet it's great to carry and shoot.** Is this also on a #1 frame?"

My mistake I should have said "yes it's a 1 frame". It is a nice handling gun I do shoot a heavier gun better though. My 2 frame VH 30 inch weighs nearly 8 lbs 100 shot round of clays weight is a good thing. .

William

I have a 1 frame 12 DH with 30" barrels that ways 7lb 11 oz. Have another 1 frame with 28" barrels that weighs 6 lbs 8 oz

i bet the 6 lb gun kicks a little...charlie

For what it's worth, I have a 2-frame DH 12 with 30-inch Titanic Steel barrels that weighs 7lbs., 14oz.






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Surprisingly not. I don't know if it's the 2.5 inch shells or growing up shooting my dad's 20ga A5 but i haven't ever felt like a gun kicks hard after growing up with that thing to bruise my shoulder hunting quail and dove. I love his 2 old humpbacks but those things kicked worse than any 12 gauge I have ever shot.

A2-Frame DH12 with 30" Damascus barrels

Yikes! That's a lightweight Parker (and good looking, at least what I can see, to boot!).

Has anyone examined the weight differential between the stamped, unstruck barrel weight and the final barrel weight? The gun that started this thread is my new-to-me GH which weighs 7 lbs. .55 oz. The barrel is stamped 3 lbs. 9 oz. and it actually weighs 3 lbs 1.98 oz. I still think this is an unusually lightweight 30 inch Damascus gun.

After reading lots of posts in this thread and many others, it seems that many of the more frequent contributors shoot some form of clay sports with their guns and seem to lean to heavier guns (logical). I use mine for hunting only and I like 'em light. I have English 12s much lighter, but this Parker GH is a nice gun to lift and carry...and it will go with me this coming season(!)

This subject has been discussed and studied a few times on this forum and the consensus was that the average difference between pre-struck stamped weight and finished weight is around 8 ounces.





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Thanks, Dean, I assumed this to be the case. Is there a good way to find that discussion?

Use the "Search" function and type in keywords like 'difference' or 'pre-struck' or something else that might work.





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