Another lightweight that was popular in quail country was the Winchester M59 autoloader. It had an aluminum receiver and barrel that was built from a .020" thick liner wrapped with, what they said was, 500 miles of spun fiberglass. All to save weight.
An old bird hunting buddy from Isle of Palms, SC used to frequent pawn shops and gun stores buying every one of them he could find. I never shot one, but they were reported to be hard kicking due to the very light weight. 'Cose WE all know that light loads would have tamed that, but many people I know down heah' will actually pay more to get 1 1/4 oz. loads just to kill a little ol' bird, or dove. They just don't get it.
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