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  1. Herb

    SOLD 54 Hawken Rifle

    I have built 40 or 50 Hawkens including from Track's kits, Green River Rifle Works, but mostly from parts with blanks or semi-inletted stocks. Track's parts for a Kit Carson Hawken are $871.20, plain wood, grade CM-1, not this well figured. Plus shipping, almost $900. I think this rifle is...
  2. Herb

    Jeremiah Johnson Hawken

    Notchy Bob, that is a good picture of the rifle. Thanks for posting it. Where did you find it?
  3. Herb

    Jeremiah Johnson Hawken

    Cowboy, thanks for taking the photos of the rifles in the new displays. It takes a lot of effort to do that, I appreciate that you did!
  4. Herb

    Jeremiah Johnson Hawken

    I cropped LEJ's muzzle photo.
  5. Herb

    Jeremiah Johnson Hawken

    My keyboard does not print a capital A with the right Shift. Last sentence should read "ALL Hawken muzzles.....".
  6. Herb

    Jeremiah Johnson Hawken

    Here is Jim Bridger's Hawken muzzle in the museum at Helena, MT. I handled, measured and photographed this rifle in September, 2013. Johnson's rifle has the same muzzle treatment. This is a J&S Hawken muzzle also in the same museum. The muzzle is relieved such that the rifling is filed down...
  7. Herb

    Jeremiah Johnson Hawken

    We took photos of these rifles, but mine are too large to post here. I cropped two, hope they are small enough. This is Liver Eating Johnson's Lock. Muzzle photo didn't post. Jacobeen, we saw only the Hawkens laid out on a table for us to examine, measure and photograph. Took most of the...
  8. Herb

    Jeremiah Johnson Hawken

    It is not .56 caliber. Bob and I handled, measured and photographed all these Hawkens in December, 2018 when they were out of exhibit. A museum uses a tapered bore gauge, and because all Hawkens have relieved muzzles, they read that. The museum technician did that while we watched. Liver...
  9. Herb

    seeking info/ pictures of this J. S. Hawken half stock rifle

    Phil, you are smarter than the average bear! I always enjoy learning from you. Thanks!
  10. Herb

    seeking info/ pictures of this J. S. Hawken half stock rifle

    Thanks a lot, Phil. Those are good photos. Herb
  11. Herb

    seeking info/ pictures of this J. S. Hawken half stock rifle

    The photos of the J&S Hawken rifle that started this thread were taken by me 9/9/2013 at the Helena museum, and lifted probably from AMLR forum. I could re-post those photos, but they are too large for this forum, and I'm too lazy to scale them down. Here is Museum Technician Vic Reiman of...
  12. Herb

    Sandhill’s and Canada’s.

    A whooping crane for a decoy! You can be glad one of them didn't come over, even pointing a gun at one, you could wind up in Leavenworth!
  13. Herb

    Need Advice on Fitting Breech Plug

    The plug thread is 16 per inch. Turning the plug one revolution moves it 1/16" or .0625 inch. If you have that gap on the bottom, you need to thread the plug into the barrel one revolution. This means filing that much off the plug face (end of the plug inside the bore, which you already have...
  14. Herb

    Filing and tapping!

    Sun City, that is pretty impressive shooting! It's better than I can do.
  15. Herb

    Swiss Powder vrs Goex

    Lets see if this one loa ds- 1.72 MB
  16. Herb

    Green River Rifle Works Leman Trade Gun

    Ain't it wonderful to have smart friends! I mean that warmly and sincerely, Phil. Two comments. This rifle is called an Indian Trade Rifle. In their catalog, they list a Leman Indian Rifle and a Leman Trade Rifle. I built a Trade rifle in a class in their shop in 1978. Second comment...
  17. Herb

    Swiss Powder vrs Goex

    I tried to upload a closeup photo of the targets with velocities on them, but keep getting a flag that says "The uploaded file is too large for the server to process". But it is the same size as the one that did load. The top target was shot with 100 grains (weight-corrected measure) of OE 1...
  18. Herb

    Swiss Powder vrs Goex

    Lest you think Olde Eynsford powders are not wonderful (at least 2F and 1 1/2F), here are those powders shot with 100 grains of weight-corrected measured charges from my Bridger Hawken at 100 yards from bench, doing some string cutting.
  19. Herb

    Swiss Powder vrs Goex

    Here is my copy of the Bridger Hawken before I finished staining and wearing the finish, plus my .54 Hawken and a .58 fullstock flint I built. I tested these powders in these rifles. The target was shot with the .58 from bench at 50 yards. I used my 100 grain (weight corrected measure) Goex...
  20. Herb

    Green River Rifle Works Leman Trade Gun

    From the Green River catalog: "The question of whether we could make our barrels shoot both slugs, like the minie and maxie balls also came up. After considerable research, we found that we could not do it to our satisfaction. Consequently, our barrels are made for round ball shooting only...
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