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For those who might know, how much weight (oz) would be added by a Beavertail forearm on a Uttica/Savage era 20 gauge? Pending me laying my eyes on it and giving it a thumbs up, I've got s/n 270769 inbound. 26" 20 gauge with Factory Beavertail, Ejectors,twin ivory beads. Current weight 6 lbs 8 oz.

3 or 4 ounces. you could get someone on this board to weigh their 20 sterlingworth ejector forend with splinter and compare with yours. yours will probably have the u shaped steel recoil lug inletted around each side of iron and that will ad more weight.

bbman3 wrote:3 or 4 ounces. you could get someone on this board to weigh their 20 sterlingworth ejector forend with splinter and compare with yours. yours will probably have the u shaped steel recoil lug inletted around each side of iron and that will ad more weight.

Fat sucker. Can't imagine why anyone would want one for hunting.

you can put it on a diet!

Wow; 6-8 seems heavy for a 26" 20ga, no? That BT must add a bunch. My Utica 16ga ejector with 28" is 6-8, my Utica 20ga extractor with 28" is a whisker under 6. Both with splinters. FWIW the 16 ejector forend is 7.2oz, the 20 extractor forend is 6.5oz.

I pick up the gun tomorrow. Current owner said it weighs that much, but he could be using a bathroom scale for all I know. My 20 gauge SW with 26" tubes weighs 5 lb 15 oz with the standard forearm. This is an ejector gun so it may weight a bit more to start with, but those beavertails are just huge.

You're not going to make an ejector beavertail 20 into a project gun are you?

eightbore wrote:You're not going to make an ejector beavertail 20 into a project gun are you?

It's not original. Barrels have been reworked and stock has been cut and refinished. PS. Sent you some pics.