2 Vs 3 frame 12s - rambling questions

[OH Osthaus]

Originally Posted by Ed Blake

A 32" 3-frame 12 I own has a big swamp in the barrels and weighs less than a 32" 2-frame I also own. The 3-frame is nicely balanced and is a great shooter.

that is the sort of thing I am wondering-

if the barrel weight is stamped before striking - then a swamped barrel could be uncharacteristically light for the weights marked

[Bill Murphy]

Cool factor and rarity does it for me. I can shoot dynamite in my two frame guns, so I don't need any more beef. However the three frames are so cool. My 16 gauge three frame is beyond cool. It weighs 8 pounds, 13 ounces. I have a DH 12 gauge two barrel set, three frame, that weighs 8-8 and 8-12, depending on the barrels installed. My three frame DH with sleeved Lefever Steel barrels appears as a 12 gauge in the order book, ordered at 10 pounds even. The two frame twenty gauge guns I am aware of, with swamped barrels, are ordered at 8 pounds even.