hawkins

[Walkingeagle]

I try not to get too hung up on how people on the forum spill things.

Now thats funny!!

 

[Herb]

Anyone own a full stock hawkins and would like to share so pics of them. thinking about building one. thats why i asked

I've built three of them. Top is a .58, my elk rifle of years ago. Second a .54 engraved. Third a .40 St Louis "squirrel rifle". Last a custom .50 for a young woman.

Next picture, the same except a Don Stith .54 I built for a guy in the Aleutian Islands.

Then my .58 buttstock and cap box.

Me with the .58 after a fall on rocks while elk hunting.

I can't locate the photo of my first .58 fullstock flintlock Hawken, but will try later.

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[Juice Jaws]

very nice work

 

[Herb]

So, I found the other photo, my first fullstock flinlock Hawken.

 

[Kansas Jake]

Nice work on all Herb. How did the repair come out on the broken toe?

 

[Herb]

Nice work on all Herb. How did the repair come out on the broken toe?

I fitted two, 2" long screws in the wood under the toeplate and glued the piece on, then put the toeplate back. Now I reinforce the toe with long screws under the toeplate of each Hawken I build, to reinforce the toe. The Bridger Hawken has the toeplate riveted to the buttplate with a 1/16" rod. When the Green River Rifle Works had the rifle , they took the buttplate and toeplate off, still riveted together.

 

[MDHunter]

My phone constantly auto corrects from Hawken to Hawkin.

 

[Kansas Jake]

Very nice repair and I like the patch box and contents too.

 

[Tumbledown]

My initials are JB. I'm thinking of naming my rifle Sophie B.

 

[TFoley]

I try not to get too hung up on how people on the forum spill things.

I aggree. The odd spockling mistale niver hert nobody nun.

 

[SamTex1949]

you want speilling !!

 

[lwscrim]

You just can't make this kind of thing up!
And "Hello" neighbor!

 

[SamTex1949]

You just can't make this kind of thing up!
And "Hello" neighbor!

"Cactus Jack" is a wondeeful Gentleman to meet !

 

[Kansas Jake]

I suspect someone did the signs to be cute.

 

[SamTex1949]

If you knew the Gent you would realize the sneaky marketing he has created, with TONS of free publicity
on facebook !

 

[Ames]

Well then, to correct my misspelling, it's not a Hawken I built. I should have spelled it "Plains rifle".

 

[Zonie]

Well then, to correct my misspelling, it's not a Hawken I built. I should have spelled it "Plains rifle".

There you go !!

Seriously, I know it will come as a shock to some of the Hawken lovers but there were a number of gun makers in St Louis at the time, all making Plains rifles and all of them were good ones. (Check out Hanson's book, "THE PLAINS RIFLE". )