The lightest American hammer gun that I own is an "O" Grade, 1 frame, straight gripped Parker from 1887 and it tips the scales at 7lbs6. The lightest hammergun in my quiver is an early British gun (an 1865 Lang) at 6lbs5. All are 12s of course and all of them have 30-inch tubes.

Your Whimore is lovely but it is quite substantial at almost 9 lbs. American guns were made to endure harsher use, I suspect.

Last edited by Lloyd3; 04/18/26 10:58 AM.