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Originally Posted by Pete Lester
So it is a real aluminum alloy, it was just spelled wrong which explains why I could not find anything about it. Using it to build the receiver of the Double Auto was how they cut the weight down on the Twelvette, I have wondered what they did to decrease the weight further for a Twentyweight, where did they find the extra weight savings, my barrel walls are pretty thin in a Twelvette, can't imagine they could make them thinner, it would be interesting to know how it was done.
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Pete, I have a really nice Browning Book which gave me the correct spelling. They are cool guns. I have owned a few in the past but parted with them. May have to look for another.
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