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Looking at a 20g sxs that weighs in a 6lbs 10oz. I'm wondering what you guys think. It has some redeeming factors but I'm on the fence on weight.
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Must be an American 20ga. Why would you shoot a 20ga that weighs the same or more that most good 12gas?
Last edited by Mike Harrell; 01/06/07 01:29 AM.
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Too heavy, IMO, unless the other redeeming features are really redeeming… Is this a potential replacement for your RBL?
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Not a SxS but my Beretta 686 20 weighs in at 6-9 with 28" bbls and screw chokes, and it's my current favorite 20, at least until I get my RBL and my BSS Sporter 2-barrel set. At 6-9, it's plenty light enough to carry all day.
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I wouldn't want a 20ga. over 6lbs unless maybee just for target use. The only other reason i could think of would be if you stumbled on something rather rare and in pristine condition for a really good deal....
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With the 20 gauges I have, average around 6 lbs. 4 ozs, yours is just 6 ozs heavier, no big deal. If you like everything else about the gun I sure you will overcome what others think is heavier.
Like I posted before, I don't know where some of these people find these 5 lb. 6oz. 20 ga. and 6 lb 12 ga., I wouldn't want to shoot them. Nice to carry.
David
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Not sure I'd want a 5 1/2# 20, but I have a pair of 6 1/4# Brit 12's. Have used them on pheasants in Iowa and the Dakotas this season. 1 1/16 oz R barrel, 1 1/8 oz left. Would not want to shoot a round of skeet with those loads, but if I shoot more than 5 shells in a day chasing wild pheasants, that's more than I should be shooting anyhow. No problem with those guns and loads under those conditions.
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That's just two ounces over 6 1/2 lbs.
That should be a comfortable weight for an upland gun
For any healthy teenage or older person.
My Dad is 75 and carries his 12 gauge SKB 280 all day in the grouse woods.
What hothouse flowers we be!
Sure, there are 12s that weigh less but with the normal 1 oz load used in most upland hunting, whether the 6 1/2 lb game gun is a 12, a 16 or a 20 is not very important.
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Chuck, 'Bout how much does a 20 gauge Superposed weigh? 
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It must be a 20 bore Iver Johnson .. MDC
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