Just a follow-up and conclusion of sorts. I got the letter on the gun that started this thread. The letter states the records show the gun to weigh 7 lbs. So this gun appears to be untouched...and to be a very light 30 inch gun (again, by my scale it weighs just slightly over 7 lbs.). The amount of weight struck from the original unstruck and stamped weight is more than any other gun I can account for, and again attests (to me, at least) how much hand work went into these "mass produced" guns.
I'd still be interested in learning about other 30 inch Damascus barrel weights as low as on this gun or with significant differences in the unstruck and final weight.
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