Stinky Coyote Wrote:Right, Grendel, lol...I had a 20" lightweight and 22" standard at same time, I could not tell difference in profile but I didn't measure, the 20" looked identical to the 22" all the way out except 2" cut off the 22" to make the 'lightweight', and knowing as much about legacy/howa would we expect much else?, so close that when I chose to sell one I chose to sell the lightweight as I knew I'd be chopping one of them anyway, so may as well chop the 22" as the 20" was more desirable to sell, harder to find. And from recollection from weighing both barrelled actions there was 4 oz between them.
Pretty sure the 22 is the lightweight version with a #2 tapered contour barrel. The 20 is the heavy barrel version with a parallel contour, so theres enough meat at the tip for muzzle threading! Things may have changed recently but thats how it used to be.