light weight 12 gauge guns

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edgood
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light weight 12 gauge guns

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recently acquired a 1910 vintage 12 gauge a grade with #4 weight 26" barrels...this gun weighs just 6 1/4 pounds!

know of any others this light or lighter?
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BCole
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Not as light, I have a 12 ga. CE with three weight 26" barrels that weigh 6.58 lbs per my digital scale.
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Not as light, but I have a 12 ga. CE with three weight 26" barrels that weights 6.58 lbs per my digital scale.
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The lightest I've seen is a 26-inch, DE-Grade, at 6 pounds 3 ounces. I have an early C-grade with 26-inch barrels at 6 pounds 5 ounces.
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I don't have any Fox 12s that light, but I did just pick up a Scottish made 12 gauge double at a gun show. 30 1/4" inch barrels and only 6lb 9oz. The lightest 30" gun I've ever owned.
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Wow! Please let me know when you guys want to sell the 26" Foxes. :)
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My 26 inch 12 gauge DS grade Lefever weighs in at 6lbs 5oz.In their 1902 New Lefever Hammerless catalog introducing the D.M.Lefever crossbolt gun they advertised 12 gauge guns as light as 5 1/2 lbs. 16 & 20 gauge guns as light as 5lbs.
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Re: light weight 12 gauge guns

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are the barrels ''marked/stamped'' by weight??
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