First BP T/C Hawken .50 kit

[JohnFH]

Got this kit as a hand me down, T/C said it was an early 70's model. So I put it together over the winter. My first attempt at blackpowder. Hope to shoot it this weekend.

 

[JayDee Flohr]

Looks good :thumbsup: Welcome to the forum.

 

[musketman]

Not to shabby, what caliber is it?

 

[JohnFH]

It is a .50 cal

 

[PreglerD]

Well done! :thumbsup:

Tell us how it shoots! do you want to huntwith it, too?

Regards

Kirrmeister

 

[Mulebrain]

Nice!

Finish on that stock is perfect!

 

[Padraic]

Looks good to me. Nice job! :thumbsup:

 

[smo]

Welcome to the fire John, Good Luck & Good Shootin' Very nice looking first rifle :thumbsup:

 

[rkmeyer]

Welcome to the asylum John!
Great job on T/C. :bow: Tell us how she shoots.
Duaty :wink:

 

[JohnFH]

Finally shot it yesterday. I'm hooked real bad.

 

[Trench]

So, tell us about your load combination. Have you settled on a load yet?

 

[JohnFH]

That was 60 grains of ff Goex, seemed to work out well. Hoping to get more range time in the next few days to try a few variations. Thinking about trying hunting with it.

 

[Trench]

That was 60 grains of ff Goex, seemed to work out well. Hoping to get more range time in the next few days to try a few variations. Thinking about trying hunting with it.

I also started with 60gr of FFg with my .50 Hawken style rifle. I actually took my first deer with that load. It did just fine at 40 yds and passed through the deer.

If you have time deffinitely see how much you can increase your load without blowing your groups. For me, that turned out to be 70gr of FFg which is now my hunting load for my .50.

 

[pulaskius]

Great looking job John congrats and thanks for the help with my stock !

I really like the pic of it "making smoke" too cool :grin: