That barrel boring conundrum has always bothered me.
Miroku is a sophisticated enough outfit to make scaled barrel sets in 16 and 28 gauge for the Browning actions.

I’m not saying the extra barrel mass is any kind of a disadvantage on a skeet field. Many shoot tube guns for all 4 gauges that weight 10 lbs.

Just that it always seemed odd to me that their 28ga barrel sets weigh more than their 20’s of same length.

Out there doing it best I can.