Dunlap kits

[Mauser06]

Anyone ever build from a Dunlap Kit??


I am strongly leaning towards their Golden Age Isaac Haines.  The reasons why...I want a C weight swamped 58cal barrel. I also like the steel furniture option. I don't know if that's correct or not, but I like it. Lol.


This will be my 2nd build. My first was a Franken-Rifle from essentially TC Hawken aftermarket parts and a PR stock.

[B.Habermehl]

I'm sure it will make a good shooting rifle. .58 is my favorite deer hunting caliber. Watch your under lug locations and dovetail depth, the waist of that barrel profile is thin. With that barrel length and profile I have used only three under lugs. This way I don't need to dovetail near the waist. You might be happier in the long term with brass mounts. The originals the gun is patterned after were brass mounted. Just my opinion. Best of luck BJH

[Ky-Flinter]

Dunlap makes a nice kit.  I built the iron mounted rifle below from their Isaac Haines kits.  The barrel is a 38" B weight .50 cal.  It's light but shoots well.  It's my favorite deer rifle.  With a C weight .58 it will weigh about a half pound more.  Should make a good handling hunting gun.



-Ron

[smylee grouch]

A friend of mine built one and it turned out nice. His was the Isaac Haines in 54-C weight.

[oldtravler61]

   Ron nice looking gun.     Mike

[Mauser06]

Thanx guys! 


I know not all kits are created equal. Don't hear about Dunlap often.   The C weight 58cal should make a nice Hunting rifle. I've wanted a 58cal roundball gun for a while...Seems like it'd make a real nice hunting caliber.


KY-flinter, Thanx for the pic!   That is a great looking rifle! 


BJH, I figured brass was original.  I'm torn now that I know more and see what aged brass can look like....I'm still not too hung up on duplicating an original.  Gotta learn the building process and keep progressing. 


This next build is a little ways off yet....So maybe I will rethink it..

[Nate McKenzie]

Ive seen and handled a lot of original Pa. rifles and own 20. None of them have been iron mounted. Brass is a lot easier to work with and can be easily darkened.

[flinchrocket]

I would have to go with Dunlap's Edward Marshall kit if I wanted a 58 to hunt with, because of the shorter barrel. Use the Chambers Christian Springs lock.

[Karl Kunkel]

My first kit was a Dunlap Isaac Haines (50 Cal, 38 Inch C weight).  Similar and I think of equal quality and concept as a Chambers IH, different furniture.  Builds a nice rifle. I drove down, and Wayne let me select the stock blank to be sent out for carving.

[Mauser06]

I have thought about the Christians Spring rifle...It may be more suited to the bigger caliber. I don't know is a lot but I know it's a slightly thicker rifle.   Then I'd be torn between Chambers and Dunlap. Looks like the stock is a bit straighter on the Christians Spring rifle...Not sure how that equates to shooting  comfort and shooting...


The transitional Haines rifle is a little thicker/shorter if I'd get it from Dunlap. 


I'm certainly not opposed to anything.   I know I want it to be 58cal and a nice rifle to hunt with.   I want it to be accurate and very shootable. I'm not hung up on style or school or anything right now. Just wanna build another rifle and learn more and at the end of the build have a nice Hunting rifle to keep and pass down or give to my dad as a gift or keep Hunting with myself...And I like the idea of a chambers or Dunlap kit as a good bit of the stock architecture is built into the stock already.  Eventually I wanna get to the point of really building my own..But with my work schedule I can never make classes or anything..Learning as I go. 


So, I am all ears if you guys have suggestions. 

[David Rase]

I have one of Dunlap's Isaac Haines kits in my shop.  It has been sitting there for probably 10+ years in the white.  Everybody that comes to my shop and shoulders that rife comments on how well it fits.  I was going to finish it and keep it as a "loaner" rifle.  Last year, in a moment of weakness I broke down and accepted a friends offer on the rifle so I will be finishing it up and delivering it to him in February.
David   

[bama]

I think Wayne offers the Haines in  "D" weight barrel which would be great in 58 cal. It would be a quick handling and have enough weight to not be punishing in 58 cal. This kit is well engineered so the parts work without a lot of modification. It is also one of the earliest precarve type kits and has been around for good while and Wayne has probably sold a thousand of them. I have put a couple of them together and they can be made into a really nice rifle.