I dare say the vast majority of American hunters have carried seven pound and heavier 12-gauge guns while following bird dogs after prairie grouse and pheasants since the end of the Northern War of Aggression. How many 12-gauge Parker Bros.; Ithaca doubles; A.H. Fox; L.C. Smiths; Stevens; Bakers; Winchester Model 97, 12, and 21s; Remington Model 1894, 1900, 10, 11, Sportsman, 29, 31, etc. etc. weigh less than seven pounds?