my 3200 4 bbl set is factory 8.5 lbs.
that's on average, 1 lb heavier than typical skeet guns of its time.
take a 3200, add tubes, counter balance it with a adjust buttplate and thick pad, you got the balance and most likely a 9 to 10lb gun. perfect.
take a 12ga 7.5 citori. add a carrier to it (reduced weight,) then add the super light tubes. maybe you get at most a 8.5 lb gun.
add an adjustable butt or nice squishy pad, now its getting butt heavy. so back goes the weight up front with an external bbl weight.
why?
gadget addiction.
just get tubes, balance and shoot it.....like generations did before you.
I can attest.....more skeet shooters put more money into guns and gadgets than they do ammo and practice....chasing ideas and building false confidence in the gun.
and 99.999% of it is caused by the guy next to them having it, making them want it, and the industry offers it, and markets it as the answer to all your skeet problems.
lol.
don't believe me? look at some for sale rooms on line and look at all the guns that have been modified to the owners needs. very rarely do you see a gun that hasn't been butchered.
