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I think that weight on the Rice is accurate. Any TC Hawken barrel is heavy and just too long for my liking. I've had a couple and I sold them, just can't get a good feel.

Would Rice cut the barrel back to 25 or 26 inches? That's still going to be heavy in 15/16. Oregon Barrel Works might be an option for custom length. I think the best bet is to take the time to find a Seneca. Well worth the effort.
 
I think that weight on the Rice is accurate. Any TC Hawken barrel is heavy and just too long for my liking. I've had a couple and I sold them, just can't get a good feel.

Would Rice cut the barrel back to 25 or 26 inches? That's still going to be heavy in 15/16. Oregon Barrel Works might be an option for custom length. I think the best bet is to take the time to find a Seneca. Well worth the effort
Fortunately I do also have a .36cal Senica wich weighs in at an even 6lb. And a .45cal Seneca at 4lb, 8oz.
 
Hopkins Allen .36 weight and handling not a problem
It’s a shooter! With 30-35 grns fffg Goex & .350 patched ball.

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Yes that’s a camera case shot shot pouch along with a Prince Albert can flask..😎
 
To corroborate with JD, more reference data...
TC Cherokee .32. 6 lbs 7 oz with sling. I think this is right at 6 lbs without the sling.
TC Seneca .36 6 lbs 11 oz
TC Seneca .45 6 lbs 1/2 oz
TC Renegade .50 8 lbs 2 oz with peep sight
TC PA Hunter Carbine. 50. 6 lbs 12 oz with sling
TC custom Hawken-White Mountain Carbine .50. 6 lbs 12 oz with all that brass no nose cap on modified Hawken stock.

All weighed on a new scale for infants.
 
I think that weight on the Rice is accurate. Any TC Hawken barrel is heavy and just too long for my liking. I've had a couple and I sold them, just can't get a good feel.

Would Rice cut the barrel back to 25 or 26 inches? That's still going to be heavy in 15/16. Oregon Barrel Works might be an option for custom length. I think the best bet is to take the time to find a Seneca. Well worth the effort.
A barrel that short is going to be very difficult and somewhat riskier to load because when you clamp it between your knees to load it, it is going to be hard to keep from inadvertently leaning your torso over the muzzle.
 
So I shouldn't load my 24 inch Cherokee? Or my 21 inch carbines Ever? That's a bit of a stretch. I never hold the gun between my knees and know no one who does. That's bad form and no one would ever be instructed to do so if it puts your torso over the barrel.
 
Would that be flint or percussion? I don’t know much about Pedersoli.
I'm not stuck on them, but they are good guns. Like all guns we talk about on the fourm they have pros and cons. I've read where some have had issues with the patent breech. I have a few guns with patent breeches and only one time did I clog it up. I believe it was some BS lube I tried, I chucked in the trash and never had that problem again.
I have a 12ga SxS from Pedersoli ans love it.
 
We do have some nice deer down here.
They have some weight to them and some nice racks.
Biggest deer I've shot down here was 100# . I would have to have a very close shot at the head if I was using my Crockett or SMR both in .32.
I will be getting a .36 in January sometime. Figured I could use that and shot squirrels and if a little Florida deer gives that perfect shot I'll take it.
I think you'll like the 36 Fred. It'll give you a bit more range for knocking those squirrels out of the tops of those Cypress trees you got down there.
 
Just out of curiosity, drug out a scale, my .36cal Hawken was 8.8lb, and my .50cal Hawken was 7.6lb for a difference of 1.2lbs.

My .36cal Senica was 6.0lb and my .45cal Seneca was 4.8lb also for a difference of 1.2lbs.

(1.2/8.8)×100=13.6%
(1.2/6.0)×100=20.0%

I think that's a pretty significant difference in weight. More so in the lighter rifles.
I believe many barrels are about the same size. A smaller bore has more of the original barrel left behind, thus a bigger caliber gun would weigh less than a smaller caliber gun. I also believe that when a bore was shot out a gunsmith could rebore the barrel to a larger caliber and give the gun extended life.
 

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