Isacc haines question for Birddawg

[Darkhorse]

I have been thinking about building a LH .54 in Isacc Haines.
What is the actual weight of that rifle with the 38" barrel?
How does the gun balance offhand?

 

[Birddog6]

You are in luck as it is here today, we are getting ready to go ML Deer hunting & gathering our hunting gear. I put it on the digital scale & it is just under 8# with a 38" "C" Colerain swamped in .54 caliber.

I balances wonderfully, about midway betweem the end of the entry pipe & lock panel.

 

[Darkhorse]

Thanks for the info.
By the way, that rifle is a nice piece of work.

 

[tg]

The Haines stock style is very nice to shoulder and shoot, I have an early Lancaster style that is very similar to the Haines lines with a 44" B .50 barrel and it comes to the eye very well, I went with a round face English lock just to be a bit different.

 

[squirejohn]

Darkhorse - For what it's worth my wife's .50c Isaac Haines style rifle with a 38" Getz swamped barrel weighs about 7lbs. (inaccurate bathroom scale) and balances 31" back from the muzzle (OL 54"). This is gun is very accurate. It shoots a variety of ball size (.490, .495) and 2 or 3F with no noticable change in accuracy. Unfortunately it is too muzzle light for me to shoot well offhand. Muzzle width is about .886", and at its narrowest point about .720". I dont't know if this equates to an A,B, or C weight - I'm totally ignorant about gun building.