Just weighed my .62 cal Tulle de Chasse

[Nessmuck56]

.62 cal 42 “ Getz barrel....got 8.3 lbs. Was just wondering if that was correct for this style....What’s your Tulle weigh ?? Thanks for any input

 

[tenngun]

Mines about eight. Originals seem to have had lighter barrels and forestock with less wood then a toothpick and were mostly 7ish or a might lighter.
Mine is maple and I think maple a little heavier per cubic foot then walnut (?). Indian guns are on a dark ironwood and far too much wood left on and are heavier yet.

 

[tenngun]

Just looked it up. Air dried walnut is about 38 pounds per cubic foot, sugar maple about 44, approx 25% heavier.

 

[Nessmuck56]

Yup...mine is fiddle Maple also

 

[Juice Jaws]

Just looked it up. Air dried walnut is about 38 pounds per cubic foot, sugar maple about 44, approx 25% heavier.

Google is amazing isn't it? Who puts all that stuff in there. And to think when we were kids we thought the Encyclopedia Britannica was the cats meow

 

[Comfortably_Numb]

Originals weigh about 6lbs.

 

[Tommy Bruce]

Modern barrels are way to thick at the muzzle compared to the originals. Probably due to legal issues which I completely understand. Most trade guns were in the 5 1/2 to 6 1/2 pound range. 8.3 pounds is a bit on the heavy side for any fowling piece but if it balances well, you don't notice as much. RE Davis sells a really nice French gun kit that comes in over 8 pounds, but it has a 48" barrel and much of the weight is in the thickness of the breech. I am as guilty as anyone when it comes to over picking PC stuff, but at the end of the day if it fits and it's comfortable, nobody is going to follow you around in the woods with a scale LOL! My guess is you have a very nice piece.

 

[tenngun]

Modern barrels are way to thick at the muzzle compared to the originals. Probably due to legal issues which I completely understand. Most trade guns were in the 5 1/2 to 6 1/2 pound range. 8.3 pounds is a bit on the heavy side for any fowling piece but if it balances well, you don't notice as much. RE Davis sells a really nice French gun kit that comes in over 8 pounds, but it has a 48" barrel and much of the weight is in the thickness of the breech. I am as guilty as anyone when it comes to over picking PC stuff, but at the end of the day if it fits and it's comfortable, nobody is going to follow you around in the woods with a scale LOL! My guess is you have a very nice piece.

Mine is a centermark and not the most perfect copy of a real TFC. However, for everything wrong with it it’s my favorite gun, not just the ones I own now but over the whole of my life.

 

[Comfortably_Numb]

Nothing wrong with those old Centermark guns, they were quite popular back in the day and most of them shot well.

 

[Tommy Bruce]

Mine is a centermark and not the most perfect copy of a real TFC. However, for everything wrong with it it’s my favorite gun, not just the ones I own now but over the whole of my life.

I loved those guns. I’ve been looking all over the place to find one. I actually talked to a Paul about buying his patterns a few years ago, but Pete Allen is no longer making locks for RE Davis and that’s what they used.

 

[Comfortably_Numb]

I loved those guns. I’ve been looking all over the place to find one. I actually talked to a Paul about buying his patterns a few years ago, but Pete Allen is no longer making locks for RE Davis and that’s what they used.

TOTW is making a dandy French lock now, that would be the one to go with.

 

[Tommy Bruce]

TOTW is making a dandy French lock now, that would be the one to go with.

Doubt they’d wholesale locks to a competitor who wants to sell kits, but it is a very nice lock.

 

[Alexander Efremenko]

Using an exact duplicate of an original barrel,with a correct stock of European walnut.
I can get them to weigh 7-7.25 lbs.

 

[Nessmuck56]