What does your favorite rifle weigh?

[French Colonial]

Another curiosity question, what does your favorite rifle weigh?

How heavy a rifle are you comfortable shooting off hand?

 

[Erwan]

My favorite is one of the two Pedersoli Tryon Match I have (the oldest : ~40 years old) .45 cal. : 4.6 Kg or 10.14 Lbs. The name of this rifle is "Mon vieux fusil"...

 

[mmb617]

Your question prompted me to weigh the four flintlock rifles I own.

Deerhunter - 6 lbs (synthetic stock)

Hawken - 7 1/4 lbs

Mountain - 8 1/4 lbs

Kentucky - 7 1/4 lbs

I shoot all of them offhand and can't really pick a favorite. They're all fun.

 

[SciAggie]

My favorite is a bit over 8 pounds.

 

[Phil Coffins]

Hand made Hawken 54 calibre 8 pounds 13 once

 

[APG]

My Pedersoli 1861 Springfield weights in at 9.69 pounds according to the web site but it feels more like +20 pounds after shooting it for awhile.

 

[hanshi]

Depends! The one I shoot most is a SMR X 38" X .36 (6 lbs & 4 oz). My two .45s/ one is a 36 X 13/16" and comes in at 7 lbs even. #2 is a "B" wgt X 38" and 7 lbs & 11 oz. Then there's my very nice .50 X "B" wgt X 38" and weighs 7 lbs & 2 oz.

 

[Rock Home Isle]

My favorite rifle is the top rifle. It’s a .45 calibre Tennessee Mountain Rifle, 36” barrel. The gun weighs in at 7.0 pounds even. It feels very light and perfectly balanced. The gun has a 13/16” barrel, and is the perfectly weighted gun to take into the woods on a heavy day of hunting or on a long trek. I can shoot this gun all day and not feel fatigued. The recoil from target loads is pleasant, hunting loads have only a bit more felt recoil than a target load. This gun has really got me excited about the .45 calibre…real eye opener. I’ve had .45’s before, still do…but they do not have the comfortable feel, that you find in only a few guns.

My 2nd favorite rifle is the lower rifle. It’s a .54 calibre Tennessee Mountain Rifle, 36” barrel. The gun weighs in at 8.0 pounds, 6 ounces. It is well balanced, but weighty in the hand. You know you are holding a stout gun when you put this gun against your shoulder. The barrel is 15/16” and the gun is very nicely balanced, there is no weight at the muzzle when I point this gun down range. I can shoot this gun all day, but I will feel tired when I finally call it good and retire to clean the gun, and recount the days events. Hunting loads are stout, but the mass of the rifle does a fine job of absorbing most of the force. I cannot wait to take this gun on a big game hunt.

Both guns have almost no delay when firing.

Shot them both yesterday, 4th of July, 50 yrds off hand. The .54 is on the left, .45 on the right.

 

[Josephg]

11 pounds 8 ounces. No, no that's not my current favorite. 11.8 is the weight of my favorite RB rifle. A Hawken rifle. My current favorite is a just acquired target rifle and it weighs 16 pounds. My favorite is the one I'm currently messing around with. But that could change. At any time.

I'm comfortable with anything from 10 pounds to 16 pounds. My 17.5 pound Austrian rifle is a bit much. The 50 pound slug gun is just ridiculous.

 

[Sooty Scot]

My SMR is 7# 2oz. My FdC is 7# 11oz.

 

[deermanok]

I have a CVA Mountain Stalker rifle that has had the barrel cut down to 19 inches.
That gun weighs in at 5 & 1/2 pounds.

 

[Ames]

SMR 54 coming in at 9 lbs. It can shoot the eyelashes off a deer fly. The real deer don't stand a chance this year.

 

[Rudyard]

My pet is just 5 pounds mid 18th English provincial 26'''swamped round brl ' 50, cal light brass mounts L&R Queen flint its enough no lugging weight needlessly for Me if some rifles do exceed that nothing over 7 pound is for hunting in my view.
Rudyard

 

[Rob M.]

Well ....not rifle but my N.W . gun is 5 1/2 pounds . 20 ga. 40" barrel .