The MLs (and presumeably the long-barrelled PHs) are pretty hefty, but I was surprised at how nicely a 24" walnut and blued .25/06 in the rack at an LGS handled and how light it felt.
Like the other guy said; if you think you might ever want to use it as a handgun, to be legal you have to buy a handgun frame and then add rifle parts. Silly business, but that's how the law works.
I've fooled with the handguns much more so than the rifles but I've always thought the 24" Encore and 21" Contender barrels were the best handling of the factory options.
As far as the legality of frames, when you called TC about it what did they say?
