Feather weight Flinlock

[Hanger]

What are the lightest flintlocks available?
Looking for a new deer gun, enjoy my Seneca but would like to go strictly flintlock. Thanks

 

[Cruzatte]

Rifles are going to be heavier than reproduction trade guns, generally speaking. Caywood's trade guns are pretty light weight. If you aren't set on shooting rifles, that might be something worth looking into.

 

[akroguy]

Kibler Woodsrunner.

For the win.

 

[Kmcmichael]

My Woodsrunner came in lighter than I predicted at 7 lbs.
A .45 SMR would be lighter

 

[Flint62Smoothie]

Ditto the SMR in 45, for a rifle, for a basic ‘lightweight style’! Less I have a 40-cal that’s lighter with a swamped barrel, but it’s not ‘MZL deer’ legal in all States.

If going smoothie, a Rob Miller 48” barrel 62-cal Carolina type ‘G’ weighs in at only ~6-pounds!

 

[Hanger]

For Florida we have a .30 cal minimum for deer. My Seneca comes in at 5.7lbs, would like to be close to that. Do the smr come in straight or swamped barrels?

 

[Flint62Smoothie]

A Kibler 45 of fancy maple weighs 6.2-pounds, according to this post here: What's a Kibler SMR weigh?

 

[64Springer]

For Florida we have a .30 cal minimum for deer. My Seneca comes in at 5.7lbs, would like to be close to that. Do the smr come in straight or swamped barrels?

You can hunt deer with a .32 caliber muzzleloading squirrel rifle in Florida?

Or is that minimum .30 cal. for cartridge guns?

 

[SDSmlf]

For Florida we have a .30 cal minimum for deer. My Seneca comes in at 5.7lbs, would like to be close to that. Do the smr come in straight or swamped barrels?

If you like the TCs you may want to look for a TC WMC. Pretty rare bird in flint, but you could fairly easily convert a percussion to flint (need lock and breech plug). I have two WMC percussion in 50 caliber, one is just over 6lbs, the other just under 6lbs as I recall. Believe factory spec was 6.5lbs, presumably the weight difference is because of wood density and/or stock shape variation.

 

[Rancocas]

Rifles are going to be heavier than reproduction trade guns, generally speaking. Caywood's trade guns are pretty light weight. If you aren't set on shooting rifles, that might be something worth looking into.

I have a Caywood .62 flintlock fowler with a 42" barrel. I put a sling on it for easy carrying when I'm just tramping along the trails. It weighs in at almost exactly 6 lbs. No rear sight, but I have taken deer with it out to about 50 yards. With a load of shot it doubles as my small game and turkey gun. I like it!

 

[SDSmlf]

Posted to wrong thread.

 

[Hanger]

My .45 Seneca is lighter than the Crockett .32. Will have to start looking out for a swamped 40 maybe.

 

[NorthFork]

Pedersoli Scout. Love both of mine. .32 and .45 cal.

 

[Brokennock]

Same gun in a bigger caliber will be lighter, provided the same barrel blank is used which I would figure to be the case for production guns.
Is the gun you have and like available in a bigger caliber and in flint?

 

[Reds]

Yes Regs say .30 cal muzzleloader legal in Florida!

 

[Reds]

Will be using my Cherokee this fall can’t wait. I just recently looked this up and it was a sweet surprise!!

 

[BadDaditood]

Kibler SMR .45

 

[Gtrubicon]

I just finished a half stock 45 this weekend. 6lb 4 oz. 36” barrel. Very comfortable rifle.

 

[Togo]

For Florida we have a .30 cal minimum for deer. My Seneca comes in at 5.7lbs, would like to be close to that. Do the smr come in straight or swamped barrels?

Swamped, your choice of 32, 36, 40 and 45 cal

 

[Hanger]

I just finished a half stock 45 this weekend. 6lb 4 oz. 36” barrel. Very comfortable rifle.

Now that’s a nice deer gun, will have to look into doing something like that.