M48 is lightest I have found for Husqvarna hammer doubles. For some time I thought that someone had filed down barrels on this M48 but since have come to think that M48s were made that way. There were not lots of them made, so is hard to find others to compare with. Still do not have solid proof that no external filing of barrels was done, however. Nominal barrel wall thickness is adequate. Nice to have a 12X65 that weighs what my Husqvarna and Sauer 16X65s and 16X67s weigh. Found this M48 at Simpson Ltd, after looking through way too many 16X65s, all with at least one eliminating defect. It handles way better than a nice 16X70 M1310 they had, lighter too.
When I first moved to Colorado I had 3-4 years of great waterfowl hunting, all with M15 12ga and M51 16ga Husqvarna hammer doubles and bismuth and some Kent T-M ammo. A few hundreds of ducks and some geese have folded and fallen to shots from these guns. However, recent years have been most notable for saving lots of expensive ammo.
I sure do not feel handicapped shooting these old hammer doubles and bismuth. If anything, I like bismuth better than even Cu-plated hard Pb shot, except for the cost.
Thanks 2-piper for info about reality of British hull lenghts for "2 1/2" inch guns. For one accoustomed to 65 mm and 67 mm chambered guns actually having 65 and 67 mm chambers, and 65 and 67 mm shotshells actually being that lenght, this will take a bit of mental adjustment, perhaps a special compartment for "excentric Brits". But, then, there are those Remington and Fiocchi 16X70 labeled ammos that actually have 67 mm hulls. For a simple Swede it might just be best to think of hull lengths as varying from 0,0 mm to +5,0 mm. Kinda contrary to common advice of fitting hull length precisely to chamber lenght
Niklas
