Something got me to thinking (no small feat lately) and I did an unscientific comparison of two similar 1 1/2 frame 12s. Both with skeleton butts, and same LOP.
A 30" DHE with bbls marked 3lbs 14 oz., actual weight 3lbs, 5.4 oz.
Receiver with fore end; 4lbs, 3.0oz., for a total assembled weight of 7lbs,8.4oz.
A 28" BHE, with bbls marked 3lbs, 12oz., Actual weight, 3 lbs, 0.0oz.
Receiver with fore end; 3lbs, 12.2oz., for a total assembled weight of 6lbs, 12.2oz
The 28" Barrels were 5.4 ounces less than the 30".
In the past I have found that, on average, 2" at the muzzle accounted for about 2-3 ounces of unstruck weight, so the BHE barrels apparently have had more striking done.
The BHE Receiver and fore end weighed 6.8oz. less than a nearly identical DHE.
The remainder of the difference in weight must be in both the boring out, (evidenced by the two plugs in the checkered butt) and the density of the stock.
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