OMG, it is a strong, sturdy shotgun. You can hear it/feel it when you open and close the breech. The '72 we have has strong ejectors. Personally I dont think it is heavy, but I guess some do. For my 5'9" medium frame it swings so nice, easy follow thru. Mounts correct and true to my line of sight every time. Dad would carry it for miles walking the frosty Iowa corn rows early mornings, eat a sandwich and then walk ditches and fence lines in the afternoon. I was young, 12 years old and carried the single shot H&R. Mostly I was the retriever dog. We would come home with 2 or 3 and maybe a rabbit. Pottawatomie County Iowa, we had family friends with 1500 acres of corn and hogs. Those were the days, ahhhh I digress.
Pick one up and handle it, you will see.