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Originally Posted by John Nagel
Does the quality/grade of steel usually signal a difference such as titanic vs special ect?
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I would say no, the type of barrel steel won't make much difference in weight. Barrel length and striking will though.
Please keep in mind that the craftsmen at Parker were magicians at making the same gun do so many different things. Frame size is only one factor in the equation. When you look at Parkers over a long period of time you come to realize that you need to evaluate each individual gun on it's own merits. If you are looking for a nice lite weight gun to carry upland hunting or a heavy weight for target/waterfowling you need to look for that particular gun.
I've seen 1-frame 12ga guns as heavy as 8lbs I also have two in my safe that tip the scale at 6 1/2 lbs. It took me a long time to find the lite ones I have. In each individual gauge & frame size it's the same story. Each gun was built individually for a specific need.