50cal CVA Hawken

[soquili]

Here are some pics of my new .50cal. Hawken percussion rifle that I got a couple weeks ago. It's my first black powder rifle. It was a CVA kit from about 1980, that a friend had won in a shoot sometime and he never put it together. I cut a deal with my friend Cindy's husband, John Billington, to put it together for me and finish out the stock, brown the barrel, etc., and put some different sights on it (he couldn't bring himself to put on the ones that came with it). Traded all that for beadwork. ::

John also did the nice brass tack job on it. The square-U shapes along the butt-plate are the Plains Indian beadwork symbol for a horse-track.

It turned out pretty cool. Still in the process of sighting it in, but it shoots good and is a lot of fun so far!

The 28" barrel is a 1:66 twist, and someone told me that it would probably shoot well at about 90 grains of powder (3f Goex). Is that about right? I've been using 50 grains to start with, to sight it in.

Patsy
PS - He made me swear NOT to polish the brass on it, to let it acquire that patina of age. I told him there was no danger of that, I didn't even DUST at my house, much less polish brass!! :: :crackup:

 

[oldmaster]

Handsome looking rifle! I like the tack work. Mind if I copy it? eace:

 

[soquili]

Handsome looking rifle! I like the tack work. Mind if I copy it? eace:

Reckon you can copy it if you can do it, all but the horse-tracks, that's my idea, my design, and my logo and I'd sorta like to keep that. "Soquili" is the Cherokee word for "horse". I asked John to put those on there to make it mine, so even a blind man could tell it.
:thanks:
Patsy

 

Handsome looking rifle! I like the tack work. Mind if I copy it? eace:

I asked John to put those on there to make it mine, so even a blind man could tell it.
:thanks:
Patsy

First thing I noticed was them "horse tracks"!! :winking: :haha:

YMHS
rollingb

 

[freetrapper20]

Very nice. I like the tack work. Put tacks on my rifles too.
Thats a pretty much average big game hunting load for many people. Try it and see how you like it. 50 grains is ok too for kill'in paper and such......now go burn some more powder. :front:

 

[Trina]

Soquili,
your gun looks very nice....looks like he did a good job on it for you... I dont use my rifle to hunt so when I am out on a woods walk or shooting paper I only ever just use 50 grains. Now occasionally, if I am in a fort shoot and want a bit extra power I bump the powder up a bit.. but I have found 50 grains is usually plenty. Use less powder shoot more ::

 

[silverfox]

soquili; Wow nice looking rifle and ditto on the handy work you do. My CVA shoots fine at .50grns but best accuracy may be 10grns either way just shoot and see. I also get good groups at the suggested 90grn load but only go there when hunting. Nice rifle and a talented friend to put it together for you.
Fox :thumbsup:

 

[oldmaster]

Soquili, I appreciate you letting me copy your work and I will respect your own private signature and not use horse tracks or anything remotely like them. :thanks:

 

[bshultz]

Nice gun, I use 50 grains of 2f at 25 and 50 yards and 85 grains of 2f at 100 yards. :thumbsup: :redthumb:

 

[three]

Soquili, Hiwonikay jaligi?

 

[Maynerd62411]

Good trade. Beautiful gun. Thanks for sharing. :front:

 

[soquili]

Soquili, Hiwonikay jaligi? awogilvsgi awaduli

Osiyo Joey -
I'm part Tsalagi (not carded), but I don't speak the language, wish I did...been trying to learn it, but with dismal sucess, as I don't know any fluent speakers near me. My grandmother swept a lot of family history under the rug, didn't find out a lot of stuff until after she passed...so much was lost that way...
Patsy

 

[soquili]

Soquili, I appreciate you letting me copy your work and I will respect your own private signature and not use horse tracks or anything remotely like them. :thanks:

Thanks, Oldmaster, I appreciate that too...

Patsy :hatsoff: