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  1. Herb

    Has anyone used 1F in a rifle ?

    I got out to test Olde Eynsford 1F powder in my second Bridger Hawken copy I made. Shot from bench at 50 yards. Bottom target was with 80 grains of OE 1F and a .530 Hornady ball. Velocity averaged 1410 fps with 48 fps spread. Compared to Goex 2F with 80 grains (weight-corrected measures...
  2. Herb

    Has anyone used 1F in a rifle ?

    I just spent about two hours loading a photo and explaining how the shooting went. I don't know where that post went, but I've had it for today.
  3. Herb

    Has anyone used 1F in a rifle ?

    I got out to shoot the first time since February. Used my second copy of the Bridger Hawken.
  4. Herb

    Hawken Rifles, What's All The Hoopla?!

    Me shooting a lighter Carson Hawken in one of Terry's matches. I think I won it.
  5. Herb

    Hawken Rifles, What's All The Hoopla?!

    Rock Home Isle, I like your rifles. I also like shorter and lighter rifles. At top is my LAST copy of the Bridger Hawken, it weighs 11 1/4 pounds, like the original shown in my photo at left. I can barely lift it onto my bench, and cannot shoot it off-hand. Next is my first copy, with a...
  6. Herb

    Hawken Rifles, What's All The Hoopla?!

    I have built more than 50 Hawkens, most of them close copies of originals. I like them because they work.
  7. Herb

    Wear plates on long rifles

    Top is a Leman Trade rifle I built in a class in the Green River Rifle Works in 1978. The instructor, Greg Roberts, drilled the ramrod hole, which came out the bottom of the stock. So I fitted a wear plate. Next is a .54 Lancaster I built, I think the wear plate covered damage. Third is my...
  8. Herb

    Wear plates on long rifles

    My Second and third copies of the Wigle rifle. The walnut one was for a relative named Wigle who wanted it that way. He killed a deer with it. z
  9. Herb

    Wear plates on long rifles

    While some wear plates were installed to cover up stock damage, some rifles had them as decoration. Jacob Wigle of Westmoreland Co, PA did three that way. I restored one for a museum here. My copy is the middle one.
  10. Herb

    FOR SALE Steel Half stock nose caps

    Those are beautiful and correct for a Bridger Hawken. The 1 1/8 steel nose cap is available from Track of the Wolf for $14.29, but it is shorter than originals. Muzzleloader Builders Supply has the correct 1 1/8 inch length for $13.00. However, I have built my last heavy Hawken rifle, which...
  11. Herb

    Has anyone used 1F in a rifle ?

    I have a pound of Olde Eynsford 1F and am waiting for favorable weather. I keep; thinking about it!
  12. Herb

    Halfstock, Flintlock Hawkens??

    I have been studying the photos in the "1830s fullstock plains rifle" from Notchy Bob's post 116. I do not know how to reference that here. I have some further observations. 1: There is a hammer groove at the top of the lock, it was a flintlock. 2: The left lock panel has a hump, never saw...
  13. Herb

    Halfstock, Flintlock Hawkens??

    All this can be learned from the photos. I Forgot to mention that the length of pull is about 15.6 inches, which is the longest I know of. These measurements are based on Track's TG-Hawk-N-I that is 6 3/4 inches from rear loop to front bow. The rifle in question may have a slightly different...
  14. Herb

    Halfstock, Flintlock Hawkens??

    In Post 116, Notchy Bob gives a reference to an 1830 J&S Hawken Fullstock Plains Rifle. I looked it up, and the pictures are too dark to see much detail. This rifle is much different from most Hawkens. I made the following observations: 1: The comb line if extended does not touch the top of...
  15. Herb

    Halfstock, Flintlock Hawkens??

    Bob, thanks for that Palliser refernce. I ordered the book.
  16. Herb

    Halfstock, Flintlock Hawkens??

    I don't know how to add this to my post, but I do not know much about original Hawken rifles. Some, yes. I know most about how to build close copies of them.
  17. Herb

    Halfstock, Flintlock Hawkens??

    Thanks, Notchy Bob. I did write that and it was published in Muzzleloader Magazine Jul-Aug 2015. The title was "A Diamond Mountain Mulle Deer Hunt in Utah". The editor didn't catch their misspelling. Two of the pictures here were in that article, plus this one shown next. I also wrote "A...
  18. Herb

    Halfstock, Flintlock Hawkens??

    Here is a closer look at that flint rifle, then my copy of Jim Bridger's Hawken (been shot a couple thousand times), my brass mounted Hawken copy (original in Cody museum) and a St. Louis .40 squirrel rifle. Then me hunting elk with my Bridger .54.
  19. Herb

    Halfstock, Flintlock Hawkens??

    If you want a halfstock flintlock rifle, just build it. Call it a Plains Rifle. Here is a .58 that I built of proper Hawken parts, except the hand-sawed stock. Here I am hunting mule deer with it. Then emptying my rifle at the hillside. Hit it, too. Then Carl and me with my buck.
  20. Herb

    Question on issues with breech plug fitting

    High Uintah is basing his build on Jim Beckwourth's rifle. B. was a mulatto and chief of the Crow Indians, an impressive person. High Uintah is doing very well with this build. Here I am with that Beckwourth rifle. Next photo is Jeff Hengesbaugh who owns the rifle, and Carney Pace. Then an...
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