Dainty? I guess I hadn't thought about it, but it could be called dainty in some respects. However the original George Weiker Bucks County rifle I own, and other Bucks county rifles I've handled, aren't small. Mine is pretty typical and weights almost 9 pounds, with a 45 1/2" long barrel. The barrel has breech of about 1 1/16", and tapers down pretty quick to .760", then flares to about .810. The wood on the butt and wrist is pretty stout, but the wood along the barrel is pretty minimal.
The Schuler rifle has a nose to the comb of the stock, whereas Weikers rifles seem to have no nose to speak of, and the stock architecture is such that you shoot the gun off your bicep, and not the shoulder. Most have an interesting type of incised carving as well. The be all/end all Bucks county rifle would have to be the one signed, A. Verner/Gunsmith. That's the rifle I'd copy if I was going to make one!
John
