I own a pin gun with 28" barrels that weighs less then 7 lbs. If you look around long enough you can find a light one. Its just the fact that most of those guns were made with 30" barrels and probably the 2 weight barrels. Per my gunsmith the insides of the earliest pin guns were pretty amazing. Lots of additional care went into those earlier ones then the later ones for sure.

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