Here are the numbers
Grade 0 #55437
Weight - 6lb, 8oz (matches the research letter)
Weight with fitted Briley 28ga tubes installed - 7lb, 3oz
Unstruck weight on barrel flats - 3lb, 7oz
Actual weight of barrels & forend - 3lb, 5oz
Grade 2 #55427
Weight - 7lb, 2oz
Unstruck weight on barrel flats - 3lb, 12oz
Actual weight of barrels & forend 3lb, 11oz
So ten ounces difference between the two guns. Interestingly my #1 frame 0 grade 12ga toplever gun weighs 6lb,11oz. Three ounces less than the 0 frame grade 2 16ga! The LOP is only 13.25" so with a slip-on recoil pad it comes in even. So with the tubes installed in 55437 only one ounce difference between the three guns. Total hammer gun interchangability!
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Eric M. Baker, DTC(FMF), USN, Retired
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