Lloyd,
6 lbs and a little change is a pretty nice weight for a lot of different upland guns, gauge not even being considered.
One of the guys here spouts the mantra "do nothing but shoot it for a year before you modify anything" and, with each passing day, it is a mantra that makes a lot of sense to me.
Hey, I am a sows ear guy in successful recovery, and, save a little Baker Batavia Brush in 16 gauge, that a friend owns, (that calls at me like a siren) have been fighting off those American double gun demons for a good spell of time now, and I believe I am a better man for it. It does seem like what I actually want won't be gotten with the many piles of accumulated sows ears I have, and what I want has a nasty habit of changing over time. The day when I thought there was simply no need for anything save the Remington model 17 I owned is but a distant memory.
If my wallet could speak, it would definitely concur.
Shoot the gun a while, Lloyd. The changes of which you speak are not easily undone.
Best,
Ted
