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Originally Posted by Gerald McPherson
Is it safe to assume that it the difference is within 4 or 5 ounces that they would not have honed? The reason i ask is I just bought one that has very nice bores and and weight is only about 2 ounces less.
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Gerald, Dean has (always) good advice -- get the barrel walls measured if there's any doubt.
However, if the article/study I found is a guide, and one uses the .88 (88%) metric -- percent final barrel weight from barrel stamped weight -- your 2 ounce differential seems out of the norm. What is the weight stamp on the barrels?
I did the arithmetic on the barrels that started this thread and they are spot-on with the .88 mark (these barrels are marked 3 lbs 9 oz. and are 3 lbs and just under 1 oz -- .88 would suggest 3 lbs 1.35 oz, so this is close enough to bear out the study results). The study was about quality control in Parker manufacturing, and, remember, each barrel set was struck by an individual with significant skill in achieving final gun weight based on the specifications of the order. Your 2 oz. differential would suggest the barrels were struck out of the norm (.88) unless the unstruck weight was extraordinarily light (2 oz. would be in the neighborhood of a 10 oz. unstruck weight, and I'm guessing that no such set exists)...OR that the order specified a heavier than normal set of barrels. Do you have a letter on the gun? Are you sure your weight measures are accurate? This is intriguing.