I couldn't say in general; while this one was no doubt an 'economy' shotgun in it's day I passed up a single-barrel (for $30) with a barrel that could have been made from plumbing pipe. It actually felt heavier than this double! It might have been safer to shoot, but who'd want to?

'One night as my car was going backwards through a cornfield at 90mph I had an epiphany...'