Custom or requested weight
 

Were there many guns lettered as to having a requested weight? Was this a common option for higher grade guns?

Yes. Weight is sometimes requested, mostly on individually ordered guns.

Here's an excerpt from a Parker letter where the weight is referred to as one of the "requested specifications" along with the stock dimensions.

Most of my letters say the weight under specifications, but I have several that say "requested weight"

Mark I am exactly opposite as most all specify the weight but that's the only letter I have that shows the "requested weight".

Requested weight for a VH.

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The only requested weight gun I have is on a 2 barrel set that when the 12 ga barrel was added it was specified that the gun weight the same with the 12 gauge barrels as it did with the original 10ga. All my other letters list a weight, but it is just listed not requested.

Awesome, thank you guys, I have a GH 2 frame that letters with a specific weight range (7 1/4 to 7 1/2) peeked my curiosity about ordered weights for customer orders. I havent weighed it yet to see where it falls. What frame size was that VH and have you weighed it yet?

Rick, I may need to recant...just shuffled through the letters I have here at the office...and only came up with one that had requested weight. I know I have a couple more, and if memory serves, they are for a VH 12, and a
VH 16. Wow, I wish I could buy a rack of these for$37.50 each today!

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