My heavy 1889 vintage, GH-Grade, 32-inch, 2-frame, 12-gauge has barrels weight stamped 5lbs 8oz and still weighs a bit over nine pounds even though they have lost two inches of their length. These barrels are very straight and thick. My Grandfather's 1890 vintage 3-frame PH-Grade has 30-inch barrels that swamp very fast and only weighs 8 pounds 8 ounces. I don't have Grandpa's gun, a second cousin in Minnesota does. When I recorded the specs of Grandpa's gun decades ago when my Uncle Howard was still shooting it, I didn't record the weight stamp.
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