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Unread 04-05-2022, 02:14 PM   #21
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I have a 0 frame 16 with 26" barrels that is 6 pounds even. It is really too light. I have a 1 frame 16 with 26" barrels that is 6 1/2 pounds and it is perfect.
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As far as how light they made them... I find myself in my ever handy spring issue of "Parkers Found".

Serial # 50131 16 gauge top action D grade on 0 frame with 28" barrels. 5 pounds even.

I would very much like to hold that gun.
Me, too, Dylan, especially at the end of a long day afield.
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Well, it's easy for me to say I don't need a sub-6lb gun, when I don't already have one...

My Parker 20 is 6lb 3oz, I'll just take fewer shells with me, and shoot straighter to make up the difference.
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Well, it's easy for me to say I don't need a sub-6lb gun, when I don't already have one...

My Parker 20 is 6lb 3oz, I'll just take fewer shells with me, and shoot straighter to make up the difference.
At that weight, I think we can call it a light game gun.
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My 0-frame 16 gauge D Lifter with original 27” Parker-made Laminated steel barrels weighs 6 lbs. 3.75 oz. and it has accounted for a few grouse under my careful curatorship.





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At that weight, I think we can call it a light game gun.
Well, I guess it's time for a little 13 mile walkabout this fall then...
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Well, I guess it's time for a little 13 mile walkabout this fall then...
Let's try to make that happen. I hope the birds nest well this year.

And maybe if you're nice, you can carry my 30" DHE 20 (6 lbs. 10 oz.) for the last half of the hunt. By then, I'll need that lighter gun of yours.
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