A study of 1/2 frame guns was made quite a few years ago and the results published in the Parker Pages. The weight tables therein disproved the common notion that 1/2 frame guns are lighter. The only truth to the lighter weight theory was that 1/2 frame 26" guns are lighter than 1 1/2 frame guns of the same barrel length. 28's were substantially equal weight. The study compared 1/2 frames to 1 1/2 frames. I don't recall it including 1 frame guns, that would have been interesting. The weight difference was a matter of ounces.
Unfortunately I don't have access to the PP's now, but I would post a scan of the PP table. I'm presently in Huntington WV en route to the BSA Natl Jamboree.
Last edited by Bruce Day; 07-20-2010 at 09:01 PM..
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