SKB and Dickinson are not the same.

For under $1k you can find a Merkel Model 8 that will make 6.5# with 28" barrels. LeFusil will hate you for it, especially if you regularly post pictures of it like the one below. They are spectacularly reliable hunting guns and will handle 1.25 oz loads forever. They will also handle steel (#4s or smaller with the proper chokes) as well as.

Here is one that has well over 2 decades of hard use on it.

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BrentD, (Professor - just for Stan)

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