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    Is a 54 cal 47" swamped barrel too much of a good thing?

    I think barrels from 42 up to 48 inches are great on early rifles. Most people I build early rifles for request something in this range. I currently have a 48 inch swamped .60 cal that is going to be mine as soon as I get time to build it. I also love Hawken caplock rifles with barrels from...
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    New toy Sharon Hawkin

    Dan, I agree with your statement about the rifle being built using a Sharon barrel assembly. I put together a couple Sharon kits and they were very dense straight grain maple. All the ones I seen back in the 70's had stocks like this. Sharon may have made some with fancy wood, I don't know...
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    barrel options

    I am not sure what the design differences are between the two rifles. I haven't looked at either of them since the 70's when I started building rifles. I am sure Tip can answer the question as well. Sorry, I couldn't be of help. Roger Sells
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    barrel options

    Check with Tip Curtis at Frontier Gunshop (615-654-4445). I think he has slow twist and fast twist GM barrels in stock. He should be getting back from Friendship shortly. Roger Sells
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    The Cody Firearms Museum Hawken Collection

    I agree that this site is great. I went by the museum and made photographs of the rifles on display. It was great, but it left me missing what the top and back side of the rifles look like because of the way they were displayed. The data on their web site has fixed that. They add rifles now...
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    Fowler rear sights

    I did some restoration work on a nice fowler a few years ago, and it had a very small rear sight similiar to what Allen Martin uses on some of his rifles. It appeared to be original to the gun. I could not see any name on the piece, but it was an original flint brass mounted octogan to round...
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    .54 CVA Mt. Rifle

    I haven't seen any of these rifles in a long time, but I put together a CVA kit for a friend of mine in the late 70's when the Mountain Rifle first came available. It was a .54 cal rifle, and shot very well. Our local club fell apart shortly after this and I haven't seen any of these rifles...
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    W.M. Large

    I have used three Large barrels over the years that were breeched by him and all three had his mark one flat over from the top flat on the left side of the barrel. All shot well. Roger Sells
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    Sells Tennessee Rifles

    Bob, Thanks for giving the .36 a name after Russ "two shadows". I knew him for several years and respected him as a shooter and friend. I have fond memories of the week we spent at the AMM camp in Michigan several years ago. I first met him at this camp out, and he was a great shot all week...
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    Failed attempt...

    I would finish the rifle and shoot it a bunch. If you don't like it then sell it. Most folks, including myself, will want to build again and again improving each time. The thing is to keep a shooter for yourself and enjoy the sport. Does the lock have any markings on the back side of the...
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