This gun is what students of the AYA refer to as the Matador Lightweight, because they often come in at less than 9 1/2 pounds. I shot and carried mine for years for ducks and geese, just because I had a bunch of steel 1 3/4 ounce Winchester shells that I had bought for about five bucks a box. I finally got to the point where I couldn't shoot it well because of the weight, sold it to a friend who also loves it. The case hardened guns were not marked "Matador".