Weights of individual guns will vary slightly due to variations in the densities of walnut stocks, but the PA-08 I have been shooting weighs precisely 71„4 pounds on my postal scale. This design detail allows the use of an aluminum receiver, which results in less overall weight than a gun with a receiver made of steel. Breech lockup is accomplished when a hinged locking bolt at the top of the bolt engages a shoulder in the barrel extension. For starters, its locking bolt and forearm are connected by twin action bars, something not seen in old classics such as the Model 97 and Model 12 from Winchester. The PA-08 actually shares a few design details with the earlier Weatherby Patrician. It hung around in the Weatherby catalog for about 10 years before it was replaced by the Model 92, a gun that enjoyed an even shorter life.
The Patrician was introduced in 1972 and a marvelous metal finish combined with a stock of fancy European walnut made it one of the all-time fanciest pump guns ever built but since it was considerably more expensive than its competition, it did not exactly set the world afire in sales.
This, by the way, is not the first pump gun to be offered by this company.
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