redoak/lagopus
I just weighed my 2 inch gun barrels. The first, a Jeffrey with 26 inch barrels weighed in at 2 lb. 7 oz.
The second gun, a B. Halliday & Co., with 28 inch barrels weighs 2 oz. more at 2 lb. 9 oz.
Each gun respectively weights in at 5 lb. 4 oz. and 5 lb. 8 oz. I don't have a way to measure wall thickness but I would guess each gun is over .030.
The lightest set of barrels on my "best" 20 bore with 28 inch barrels weigh 2 lb. 15 oz., considerably heavier than either of the 12's.
As lagapus stated they are very fast guns and carry better afield, for me, than any of the other guns I own, including my 28's. I have bought and sold lots of guns in my time but I doubt if I would sell either of my 2 inch guns. There is really nothing quite like them, IMO.
I have shot two inch shells in both my 2 1/2 inch guns, which weigh in around 6 1/2 pounds, but the feel is entirely different.
