keith,

I too thought of "The Animal" immediately. I remember him with his GREEN tongue and a ton of hair on his back!

MarkLarson,

Did you mis-type the weight on your Lefever 12-er? That's incredible! My daintiest (which is also an early gun) weighs in at 7.25. My heaviest 12 is a late gun, weighing 8 lbs 2 oz, with THICK flag Damascus barrels. Buck Hamlin's comment was, "I don't care if you shoot turkey loads through these!"

- Nudge