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Offline Mustang

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« Reply #30 on: June 19, 2010, 12:54:30 PM »
What do you tribute to the lack of surviving Hawken rifles? World you say hard use and poor maintained or just time alone. I suspect like anything else that goes out of favor for more advanced items, older Hawken rifles were probably neglected when smokeless can into use.
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Offline Mustang

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« Reply #31 on: June 19, 2010, 02:07:49 PM »
I think you are right. Thanx for the discourse.
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Offline butterchurn

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« Reply #32 on: June 20, 2010, 03:02:13 PM »
Hey, I used to own an 8-Track.  In fact, two of them.  I do not have them any more.  I did have 8-Track tapes until last year when I threw them out since I could not play them.  So, you only have my word that they existed.
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« Reply #33 on: June 20, 2010, 04:01:41 PM »
hehhe , i actualy still have one  ;)
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Offline Mustang

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« Reply #34 on: June 20, 2010, 05:39:06 PM »
These aren't exact copies of plains rifles but here ae number one and two that I have built.

first one


Second one


third one   ?
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« Reply #35 on: June 21, 2010, 06:57:21 AM »
Mustang they are good lookn rifels. What cal. are they?
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Offline Mustang

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« Reply #36 on: June 21, 2010, 09:07:03 AM »
They are both 50 cal. They are both made of used TC parts. The top one has a Green Mountain 32" barrel but the second one has a used 28" TC barrel. These are my first attempts at doing this. I oredered a 95% inletted stock blank folr the first one but there is so much work that is left to be done, I thought I may as well do it all myself. So I copied the blank for the second one. The ram rod hole is a real pain to drill.



I sold the stock TC sight and installed this L&R buckhorn.



The front sight ran into my grinder and file!

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« Reply #37 on: June 21, 2010, 10:11:24 AM »
Very nice, Mustang
You seem to be right handy with such things, they turned out fine.

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Offline Mustang

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« Reply #38 on: July 05, 2010, 05:00:28 PM »
great picture
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Offline butterchurn

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« Reply #39 on: July 05, 2010, 06:48:17 PM »
They are very nice.  Good work!
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