PARTS LIST FOR .40 CAPLOCK BRIDGER HAWKEN
Lock, Jim Bridger Hawken percussion, R.E.Davis $82.50
Stock, maple halfstock blank, grade 4 sugar maple, TOWolf, 45.00
Barrel, Rice, 7/8 x 31" .40 cal, 1-48 twist, round bottom grooves 135.00
Breech, Hawken squirrel patent breech, 15/16" octagon, 5/8 x 18 thread (filed to 7/8") 31.00
Rib, 24" lipped drawn steel octagon, Muzzleloader Builders Supply, 15.00
Butt Plate, Jim Bridger Classic Early Hawken, wax cast steel, BP-HAWK-JB-I, 20.00
Front Sight, wax cast steel, FS-G-355-I, 6.50
Rear sight, semi-buckhorn wax cast steel, RS-PA-16, 6.50
Nipple, Hot Shot by Thompson Center, 4.00
Underlug for barrel staple, handmade from nail 1.00
Wedge key, slotted wax cast steel, Key-36-I, 4.00
Inlay, slotted oval, iron, two IN-SLOT-2-I, 3.50
Toeplate, Early Hawken iron, TP-HAWK-3-I, 5.50
Forend cap, poured pewter, 10.00
Rod entry pipe, round with skirt, iron, 3/8", RP-TC-RE-6-I, 5.50
Rod pipes, 3/8" steel, forward, two hand made, 10.00
Sideplate, Hawken wax cast steel, SP-HP-1-I, 3.00
Trigger, Ron Long Hawken double set, TR-PA-20, 55.00
Triggerguard, Late Hawken Half-Stock, wax cast steel, TG-HAWK-H-I, 18.00
Ramrod, 3/8" hickory, handmade, two, 10.00
lRod tips, brass, 8 x 32, two 2.50
Rod tips, 3/8" brass jag and 3/8" breech face scraper, 4.00
Rod tip with steel ball puller, and cap, brass, 5.00
Stain, Fiebings dark brown oil leather dye and Muzzleloader Builders Supply Color Rich, 5.00
Finish, Formby's high gloss tung oil, 2.00
Metal Finish, Laurel Mountain Forge Barrel Brown Degreaser, 2.00
Bolts, 8x32 tang and lock, plus ten screws 4.00
Shipping, three sources, 38.00
TOTAL PARTS COST 533.50
Made by Herbert G. Troester, Vernal, Utah, January, 2008, SN 34.
This is the info I furnish with all my custom built rifles. I had friend Neill Fields bandsaw the stock from the blank and route it for the 7/8" barrel and drill the ram rod hole. I expect you could have Pecatonica River do this work for you on one of their Hawken inlet stocks (that is, inlet for a 7/8" barrel rather than the normal 15/16" or 1" barrel channels, but do not inlet the tang).
And with each rifle I build I furnish a "GUNSMITH'S CERTIFICATE", as follows: .40 CAPLOCK BRIDGER HAWKEN
This is a shorter, lighter rifle based on a Jim Bridger Hawken. All the hardware is the same except the Rice barrel is a 7/8" .40 caliber 31 inches long, fitted with a Hawken squirrel patent breech. The grade 4 maple stock is a little smaller in the forend, but the buttstock is of the same dimensions as a .54 Bridger Hawken I built for Ron XXXXX in April, 2000.
Ron wanted a lighter, smaller caliber Hawken for casual target shooting and we arranged a trade. This smaller rifle has the correct Hawken parts, a Bridger lock, early buttplate, late triggerguard, toe plate and side plate and Ron Long double set triggers. I browned the metal with 10 coasts of rust and sealed it with hot beeswax. The stock is finished with dark brown dye and ten coats of Formby's high gloss tung oil.
I engraved the lock after the pattern of an original J&S Hawken lock, and so stamped it. The engraving was done on the browned plate and hammer after browning and so stands out white, as Ron wanted it on the .54 Hawken.
The parts cost $533.50 and it took me about 120 hours to build this rifle.
I stamped the bottom flat of the barrel at the breech "Built by Herbert G. Troester for Ron XXXXX, Vernal, Utah, January 2008 SN 34.
