Investarms. 54 cal shorty

[Ballshooter]

I have had this for many years taken a few elk and a deer with it but it just was not shooting very well only powder it really liked was Pyrodex T7. I was about to just sell it. But then I was sitting in the garage sipping on some Jack Daniel's and well....out came the hacksaw. I didn't mean to wack off that much but, what the hell it's lightweight now and it shot better with my homemade brew then it ever did. Anyways here it is a 18 1/4 in .54cal Investarms Hawken. I love it will make a nice blind and tree stand carbine.

 

[ppg1949]

I like it. You did a great job it. I always favored shorter barrels so much my hunting buddies took to calling me “Hacksaw”. Thanks for sharing the photos. Like I said, it looks great.

 

[deermanok]

That's pretty cool. I like it.

 

[Ballshooter]

Thanks that was the first time I ever cut a new dovetail in a barrel just took it slow and it came out nice. I am not to concerned about velocity loss as most of my hunting is 50 yards or less but it usually is steep and brushy country that I hunt.

 

[morehops52]

I've always liked short barreled rifles. One of my early "wish" guns was a Musketoon. Yours is even shorter tham my Deerstalker and I call that my ML carbine. Nice job and great brush gun.

 

[Ballshooter]

I've always liked short barreled rifles. One of my early "wish" guns was a Musketoon. Yours is even shorter tham my Deerstalker and I call that my ML carbine. Nice job and great brush gun.

Thank you yeah I always liked short rifles.

 

[Ballshooter]

I have a low pro Skinner peep sight, I just may drill and tap the tang to increase the sight radius. But so far the stock sights work

 

[deermanok]

I once owned a Traditions Buckskinner carbine with a 20 inch barrel. That was a light handy treestand gun. I only shot a few deer with it, I think the farthest shot about 35 yards.
I sold it several years ago. Your picture reminds me of it.

 

[frankie]

I would like to know if that affected the accuracy. It looks nice

 

[Ballshooter]

I would like to know if that affected the accuracy. It looks nice

I was only shooting a 8x8 steel plate but, had no problem hitting it 100% of the time at 50 yards. Next time I am out I'll put it on paper and post it.

 

[Roundball2319]

I use an investarms 50 cal with a 21 inch barrel to rabbit hunt. 25g load of ff does 900 and so e ft per sec. It does great at head shots at rabbit distance. I have not tried it on larger game yet.

 

[Rawhide67]

A little white mountain carbine ish.

 

[hanshi]

It's not only a handy, lightweight rifle but I think it looks great.

 

[Ballshooter]

It's not only a handy, lightweight rifle but I think it looks great.

Thank you Sir.

 

[azmntman]

Cabelas offered a sporterized hawkin carbine, I ordered a .58 but didn't like the looks and sent back. Now, 20+ years later yours looks very nice. Great Job!

 

[LSB]

What did you do to re-crown the muzzle? I like the looks of it.