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Author Topic: A "fantasy" flintlock Hawken  (Read 3108 times)

Offline RobD

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A "fantasy" flintlock Hawken
« on: January 24, 2017, 07:11:30 AM »
After seeing TMA forum member Hawken's lovely Watson full stock flint Hawken, late last year I commissioned gunmaker Tom Watson to build a half stock flintlock Hawken and now it's almost ready to ship to me for final staining and clear coating.  Chambers-Siler Late Ketland lock, Davis double set triggers, Rice radius rifling 36" barrel in .50 bore, Chambers white lightning touch hole liner, Pecatonnica maple stock, iron furniture.  More work still left, but essentially it's quite close to the "finish" line.  ;)










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Re: A "fantasy" flintlock Hawken
« Reply #1 on: January 24, 2017, 08:53:57 AM »
Beautiful Rifle!  :toast
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Re: A "fantasy" flintlock Hawken
« Reply #2 on: January 24, 2017, 09:31:31 AM »
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Re: A "fantasy" flintlock Hawken
« Reply #3 on: January 24, 2017, 11:38:31 AM »
Sweet
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Re: A "fantasy" flintlock Hawken
« Reply #4 on: January 24, 2017, 11:51:17 AM »
What a beauty...now don't mess it up...!  LOL

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Rice radius rifling
Nice.  I assume the barrel is not swamped?

That's gonna be a shooter!
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Re: A "fantasy" flintlock Hawken
« Reply #5 on: January 24, 2017, 12:14:44 PM »
straight big ol' barrel, not swamped.

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Re: A "fantasy" flintlock Hawken
« Reply #6 on: January 24, 2017, 10:10:09 PM »
If your gonna do it, do it right!  Great selection of quality parts.
I like it!
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Re: A "fantasy" flintlock Hawken
« Reply #7 on: January 25, 2017, 10:02:47 AM »
If it winds up being as accurate as these you're gonna be one happy Dude! I like heavy barrels!

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Re: A "fantasy" flintlock Hawken
« Reply #8 on: January 26, 2017, 12:49:07 AM »
Congratulations to the both of you, some mighty fine looking rifles in those pictures.

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Re: A "fantasy" flintlock Hawken
« Reply #9 on: January 26, 2017, 12:58:28 PM »
I think it will be a good, handsome rifle.  And for what it's worth, I don't believe simple variations on a theme equals FANTASY.
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Re: A "fantasy" flintlock Hawken
« Reply #10 on: January 26, 2017, 01:08:56 PM »
"fantasy" because there are no known records of a hawken half stock flintlock.

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Re: A "fantasy" flintlock Hawken
« Reply #11 on: January 30, 2017, 05:54:39 PM »
tom's all done, ships out to me in 2 days, then i'll do the finishing ....




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Re: A "fantasy" flintlock Hawken
« Reply #12 on: January 30, 2017, 08:36:45 PM »
It looks very nice Rob!  :lt th
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Re: A "fantasy" flintlock Hawken
« Reply #13 on: January 30, 2017, 10:06:56 PM »
got my black powder club's rondy 2/25-26, i should be ready for that!

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Re: A "fantasy" flintlock Hawken
« Reply #14 on: January 30, 2017, 10:12:09 PM »
Sounds like a good plan!  :hairy
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