Barrel Lug Stamping

[TARNATION !!!]

Still learning and stand to be corrected. As I understand it, the weight stamp pounds and ounces are the "unstruck" barrel weight. The final weight is slightly less than the stamped weight due to some judicious metal removal as the final product was realized at the factory. Yes/No ?????

Cheers,
Jack

[edgarspencer]

That's how I understand it also Jack. My 16 is stamped 3 pounds 6 ounces and if I trust my scale, I'm seeing slightly only about an ounce of reduction. I would have to think there would be a greater difference if they had been cut down. I'm hopeful anyway.

[Bill Murphy]

Step one in determining barrel originality is bore and choke measurements. Then worry about order book and stock book dimensions. Give us your bore and choke diameters and choke lengths and we'll tell you what we think.

[edgarspencer]

I would have measured them Bill, but I sold my Chubbs back to Gary a long time ago. In the mean time, the letter arrived and confirmed they've been shortened.