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    Hi to all!

    From another newbie, welcome, looks like a great place to research, and swap stories/experience. :hatsoff:
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    Tony Hawkin NZ Barrel Identification

    I just remembered I had this Photo of the rifle in question, it's the top one. Not a lot of detail I know, but I will get some better pics over the weekend, it does show how short it is though, I have some theories about why it was shortened, looks to me like the stock has been shortened at the...
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    Tony Hawkin NZ Barrel Identification

    Another question for the NZ experts on Tony Hawkin Rifles. I have one in .45 cal that has (I think) been messed with in the past, it's definitely got a shorter barrel than I've ever seen on any others. I will add some photos over the weekend, once I take some, but for the moment I am looking...
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    Hawkins Arms NZ (Tony Hawkin)

    Cheers for the info on Tony Mr bitehard. I have re threaded the bolsters in both the ones I have for a std nipple, although if anyone is looking for an original, Banz engineering here in CHCH NZ make them. I wouldn't consider using the ram rods that are with the rifle, I picked they were for...
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    Tony Hawkins NZ Rebuild

    Wish granted :wink: Before and after of lock and hammer Brass before and after A couple of the barrel and the whole rifle before, and where it's up to now. So just the dummy ram rod to build, and then the fun begins to get it to shoot on target. :v
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    Hawkins Arms NZ (Tony Hawkin)

    That's some stunning info, you cant get better than from the manufacturer me thinks. Thank you very much for sharing that. My one has had the barrel shortened, due to a stock mishap I think, so may change things a bit. I should measure the barrel and see where exactly it sits. Cheers Again Alex
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    Newbie From New Zealand

    Cheers for the welcome people, never ceases to amaze me how like minded people with similar hobbies seem to just get along so well, no matter where in the world they are :grin: I have started a topic so as not to stretch the intro out, may explain for Cpt Ordnance the difference between Hawken...
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    Tony Hawkins NZ Rebuild

    Oops, yip .45 :redface: I thought I had put that. And how very correct you are, no moulds with either of the two I have, I did experiment with some of the Lee REAL slugs a couple of weekends ago, and they seemed to go very nice, I have a mould for them at home, so next step is to try my own...
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    Hawkins Arms NZ (Tony Hawkin)

    Just wondering who in the world has had experience with this manufacturer of black powder rifles. I have two of them in .45, and noted in my introduction thread http://www.muzzleloadingforum.com/fusionbb/showtopic.php?tid/212848/ that windtalker_au has experience with them as well. They are...
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    Tony Hawkins NZ Rebuild

    I'm new to the forum, but thought I would share a few pictures of a recent project of mine. As a background, I am in New Zealand, and this rifle appeared on a web auction site here (similar to EBay) but it's legal to, and accepted to trade firearms of the correct category. Don't want to go...
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    Newbie From New Zealand

    Hi, my name is Alex, I'm from Christchurch, New Zealand (for those that don't know, Australia is an island off our West Coast) I've been shooting black powder (targets so far) for the last 2 years. Got into it while I was doing service rifle shoots at an adjoining range to one of the Black...
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