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I'm very interested, though the muzzle end of the rifle shows troubling damage. How might we establish direct communication, please?

Some of us must of had too much whisky when they wrote much/most of the crap posted in this thread. I wouldn't have removed the ball in this way, but I also know there's no issue with having done so. BP gunbarrel steel is low alloy/low strength. Temperatures shown (by color) will not harm the...

I began my search for a good half-stock percussion rifle in late 1973. Read what I could find. Decided on the TC "Hawken" kit. Found The Longrifle Shop in Richardson TX. On entering the shop, I saw a few authentic Hawken rifles on the wall. I knew I'd found what I didn't know I was looking for...

ALL THE MORE-OR-LESS AUTHENTIC HAWKEN STYLE RIFLES MENTIONED ARE PRETTY GOOD, THOUGH A BIT SHY OF TRUE. GET A TRULY AUTHENTIC ONE (HAWKEN SHOPPE IS THE BEST!) IN YOUR HANDS, AND YOU'LL BEGIN TO EXPERIENCE THE NOT-TO-SUBTLE DIFFERENCES. WARMS THE MOUNTAIN MAN'S HEART!

Howdy from down 'round (but no longer in) Austin. Cedar Park, to be clear. Jim Irwin (aka "Cannonball")

I always use a sharp angled countersink to make a tapered/flared opening from a minimal length flash channel to the main charge. Both in flint and percussion rifles. I also always open up the whole flash path (except for a short length of 1/16 in dia) and polish the whole path to powder. Seems...

Thassa mighty nice rifle gun there Pathfinder! The lines, finish, carving are simple AND elegant. Outstanding!

Follow with alcohol then blow out with compressed air, then a spray of LPS-2 or similar. ALWAYS bust a cap or 2 then wipe with a dry patch before loading next time out.

NORMAL, AUTHENTIC SIGHTING WAS & IS "AIM FOR BELLY, HIT 'EM IN THE CHEST."

COMMERCIAL TANNERIES USE GOLDEN AS DEFAULT. NO IDEA WHY. TRADITIONAL IS EITHER CREAM (AS BRAIN-TANNED), OR SMOKED.

YES!:thumb:

Lyman GPR made in slow or faster twist. Slow twist requires balls to shoot well. Fast twist shoots bullets.

The Whitworth has a hexagonal bore. The Volunteer has "normal" rifling, perhaps Alexander Henry style. All are good, but a Volunteer is NOT a Whitworth.

You've not mentioned much about your bullets & the alloy you're using. Cast pure lead bullets up to 40:1 lead/tin alloy are "sized" as soon as the powder ignites! The results you show are way less than should be expected. The cheap paper you have tried will NOT hold up to firing. What you've...

I've been repairing broken wrists for years. Often the finer/fancier the wood grain is, the weaker & more prone to breakage it is. IF the wood is all there, that's half the battle. IF it's not been poorly "repaired" already, that's a HUGE plus, but not insurmountable. Preparation is king. Get...

.62 cal is 20 bore/ga

Trigger return spring is missing or broken. Not hard to remedy. However trigger is pretty far forward in guard. That may be fixable by removing guard and trigger and filing. I'm a builder, and could do this in maybe 2 hours work.

I've found 40:1 lead:tin to work best. Soft enough to upset, hard enough to resist deformation. And the tin makes them cast beautifully!

My first Hawken was a kit of parts from Cherry Corners with book and blueprint of Kit Carson's Hawken. Later made one from the Hawken Shoppe (Art Ressel) kit said to replicate the Jim Bridger Hawken. Both are 54 cal. The Carson is a little lighter. Carson was a small-ish man; while Bridger was a...

The Hawken shop ultimately employed up to over 20 gunsmiths and made whatever style of gun the customer wanted. So your question is sort of like asking if any Remingtons (and Remington did make halfstock percussion rifles back in the day) had any particular characteristics. What we visualize...