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Big Game Hunting => Muzzleloader Hunting => Topic started by: MountainDevil54 on January 28, 2014, 03:51:00 PM

Title: Hawken is DONE
Post by: MountainDevil54 on January 28, 2014, 03:51:00 PM: A couple nights ago I blued the barrel and bedded the tang/trigger plate and a small section of the forward stock to prevent any side to side wiggle that may occur under recoil.
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Then today I finished up all the stock work and applied the first coat of stain, this is one coat of Laurel mountain forge nut brown. It got a total of 4 coats nut brown and then for a SLIGHT reddish highlight, It will get 2 coats LMF Walnut stain. Finished off with low gloss tung oil. Shes going to be one heck of a good looker!
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Title: Re: Hawken is getting closer!
Post by: et1702 on January 28, 2014, 03:55:05 PM: Looks sweet! Did you also use the Laurel Mt Browning for the barrel? I have a couple underhammer barrels that I need to brown and I hear the Laurel Mt stuff is good. Any experience w/it?

Thanks,

ET
Title: Re: Hawken is getting closer!
Post by: MountainDevil54 on January 28, 2014, 04:00:33 PM: Yes LMF browning is some real good stuff! Add humidity to speed up process otherwise it can take a while to do.

I used birchwood casey perma blue gun paste, worked out excellent and left a rich blue/black finish. Followed up with 2 coats johnsons floor paste wax for protection.
Title: Re: Hawken is getting closer!
Post by: C-Money on January 28, 2014, 04:11:47 PM: Looks great!! :tup:
Title: Re: Hawken is getting closer!
Post by: MountainDevil54 on January 28, 2014, 05:00:12 PM: Antiqued the brass with 2 coats of the bluing paste and then washed, dried and coating with brass black, washes again and LIGHTLY buffed with steel wool to get it the color I wanted.
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Title: Re: Hawken is getting closer!
Post by: MountainDevil54 on January 30, 2014, 04:19:40 PM: Duuuuun!
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Title: Re: Hawken is DONE
Post by: full choke on January 30, 2014, 09:28:40 PM: Nicely done! :tup:
Title: Re: Hawken is DONE
Post by: et1702 on January 31, 2014, 01:27:56 PM: Very Nice! Time to get out and see how she shoots. BTW, I think I will try the Laurel Mt Browning solution for my barrels. I have a 50 cal 1/28 twist for sabots and a 62 cal w/Forsyth rifling for RB shooting in my underhammer. Now I need to get busy so I can get out to the range too.

ET
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Post by: snowpack on January 31, 2014, 01:43:38 PM: looks really good. would look better laying across the royals of a dead bull, though.
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Post by: deltaops on January 31, 2014, 01:47:55 PM: That looks real good. Thought about doing something like that to one of my shotguns before I pass it down to my 9yo.
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Post by: CAMPMEAT on February 01, 2014, 03:33:49 PM: Well done........... very nice.
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Post by: scottcrb on February 01, 2014, 03:38:48 PM: good looking smoke pole
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Post by: Phobic on February 01, 2014, 04:52:00 PM: wow very nice looking.
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Post by: NoImpactNoIdea on February 01, 2014, 05:08:23 PM: The wood turned out great!
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Post by: JBar on February 02, 2014, 05:22:05 AM: Turned out awesome :tup:
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Post by: turkeyfeather on February 02, 2014, 05:27:20 AM: That is a beauty! :tup:
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Post by: rasbo on February 02, 2014, 05:35:33 AM: geat job looks awesome,good luck with it,hope ya bring lots of meat home
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Post by: elkboy on February 02, 2014, 01:17:52 PM: Wow, that is beautiful! Can't wait to see some paper from the range! I'd love to do a project like that someday (and then bring some meat home with it!)
Title: Re: Hawken is DONE
Post by: Dan-o on February 02, 2014, 01:20:15 PM: Awesome looking work....... :tup: :tup:

I hunted with a Hawken for about 20 years, until my wife bought me an inline and I went to the dark side....

Sometimes I miss that rifle.
Title: Re: Hawken is DONE
Post by: MountainDevil54 on February 02, 2014, 01:57:10 PM: Had to order a taller blade sight as the rear is calibrated for a .400" tall front sight. One minor thing I over looked :o

Some newer pics I took the other day,
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Title: Re: Hawken is DONE
Post by: MountainDevil54 on February 03, 2014, 02:20:43 PM: 90gr Schuetzen with a .562" round ball didn't shoot that great with this powder but at least it reacts the same way my other twin of this rifle does! Huge comfort once I switched to a much tighter .575" ball with a .015" patch. Only 2 shots as I am out of the .575's now.

50 yards
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Title: Re: Hawken is DONE
Post by: usmc74 on February 03, 2014, 08:20:54 PM: That looks GREAT!
I just picked up an old stock, CVA kit Hawkins. Has both the 50 and 54 barrels.

How long did it take you to build it?
Title: Re: Hawken is DONE
Post by: ML_Hunter on February 03, 2014, 10:13:05 PM: Looks excellent!! I built one a while ago, it was a fun project. Maybe one of these days I will build another one.
Title: Re: Hawken is DONE
Post by: MountainDevil54 on February 03, 2014, 10:57:24 PM: Quote from: usmc74 on February 03, 2014, 08:20:54 PM
That looks GREAT!
I just picked up an old stock, CVA kit Hawkins. Has both the 50 and 54 barrels.

How long did it take you to build it?

Just a couple weeks, The parts coming in took longer to arrive :chuckle: