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    Dead clean.....then.....funny brown...

    GMWW; I didn't know brownells had articles! now i have another place to read! :hatsoff: wonderful article :thumbsup: . I will be trying some different things, on some of my guns, in the future. Gary
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    Dead clean.....then.....funny brown...

    OK, so its rust. everybody has a right to be wrong once in a while.(my track record for this is terrible.. :redface: :haha: ) I had not been useing the brush, why I don't know..I brush every other gun I use. I have never used water to clean with, for fear of getting rust :winking: . I'll try...
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    Dead clean.....then.....funny brown...

    Well, I'm perfectly open to the idea of it being rust, but I've never had it look like that. I'm also open to the fact that I might not have got it 100% clean. but if I scrub and scrub for an hour until I get clean wet patches and clean dry patches....I'm asuming its clean. But at this point I...
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    Dead clean.....then.....funny brown...

    Good afternoon, OK, when I went shooting wednesday, I wet/dry swabed every 2 shots after the first 5 or so. when I was done,15-20 shots, I wet swabbed 4 or 5 times and as many dry. The last one was just slightly grey. The gun was left overnight, when I cleaned it thursday, I went until the...
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    Post Hawken Here Trilogy

    Thanks Guys! I'm working a few improvements right now; I gotta get the barrel un-blued as I botched it, and I'm gonna brown it... bigger tubes for a 7/16" ramrod, and sling swivels....and I need to find iron sight that fit the hole spacing and dovetail size... this sport is a work in progress...
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    Post Hawken Here Trilogy

    Well, here's mine, I had asked if I could post it in the other thread, but got side tracked with shooting it. :winking: I'll warn you now, its incredibly non-PC,customized. Its a traditions st.louis hawken kit in .50 cal. that I got for this last christmas. I'm on a tigre themed kick with most...
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    Hawken Rifles Part II

    Would ya'll mind if I posted pics of my hawkin kit I did? its inacurate, as far as historical goes... I figured I'd ask, basicly if something not so PC or something quite different to an original would be welcome in this thread. Gary
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    Hello from interior Alaska!!

    Hey Snake Eyes! Yes it is beautiful,of course I don't have much base for comparison-I was born and raised here,but I've never been out of Alaska. Well, I have, but I was too young; I can't remember it. Thanks for the welcome! I will try to contribute if I can,although probably nothing that...
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    Hello from interior Alaska!!

    Hey there, I've been reading here for a few monthes, I finaly decided to stop lurking. especialy since I've started making plans for the current members shooting comp. :) A bit about me; I'm 20, male, and living in Fairbanks Alaska, knife maker by hobby, and currently by profession(read that...
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