For reference:
Jostam HyGun - 7.1 oz.
Hawkins Repro Straight slots - 7.2 oz.
Hawkins Repro Trestle (hearts) - 5.7 oz.
Hawkins Original Trestle (hearts) - 5.5 0z.
Jostam No-Kick Coming - 3.7 oz.
Leather Kick Killer Lace-on (Large) 4.8 oz.
I have several Silver brand pads on hand but haven't weighed any of them yet.
Note that these are out-of-box weights and that much of it will be lost due to grinding down to fit.
IMO, anyone who worries over changing the balance significantly by adding a properly fitted pad needs a shrink, and shooting lessons, and is likely a trapshooter.
Perhaps I am a little balance obsessive. That said, Testing with my Holts gun balance adding 1/2 ounce to the butt of my gun it moves CoB 1/10 of an inch. The pad I removed from that gun after I brought it, weighs 4.7 oz. It’s replacement roughly 1.6 oz. So reducing the pad weight on the gun by more than 3 ounces moved the CoB more than 1/2 inch. On a gun that was muzzle light because of cut barrels it moved the CoB to about where it was when new, when compared against the maker’s records. I could feel the difference.
