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Very nice! That looks like a big darned hammer.

I bought this TC Big Boar a few years ago. This is the first deer taken with it. PRB & 100gn powder. Went through the shoulder blade just high enough to clip the bottom of the spine. Was under the hide on the far side. Used same gun & load a week later on a doe at about 35-40 yds. ball went low through the shoulder hitting the heart, lungs and the edge of the liver before exiting. She didn't go to far.

The Big Boar is my favorite ML.

Just shot a few .570 balls with 80 grains of swiss. Shooting quite well. Hope it don't bounce off stuff this fall.

Stoke it up to 100 grains! It’ll shoot better!

140 will make it move out!!

Liebchen, my .62 Jäger is adequate for most any critter I might go after. If I so decide. Hmmm, not hitting the elk killing fields this season. Perhaps a nice cow nilgai may present herself. If I have the opportunity to go!

Oh I kind of enjoy shooting it with 80 and it’s quite accurate. I’ll just roll the dice. My elk hunting usually consists of long quiet walks lol.

Great looking rig there KW.

That’s a beauty Bob! I’ve got to get me a flinter!!!

Nice rifles, shooting and stories Men, time IS drawing near, BTW, I've lied my butt off about my 58 cal round ball load, have said for years here it went 1988 fps, was back in my load book the other day, in fact 140grs KIK FFG under a PRB runs 1788 fps, I need to work on my writing!

No worries Gunner. Plugged 1788 into the roundball ballistics calculator and looks like at 100 yards you are around 1100 fps. Its a relatively short range game and accuracy trumps all is my feeling. Looks like my load is down around 1000 fps at 100 yards give or take. Should be fine in either case. Here is to punched tags soon.

Prefer my 58 to any others I have. And there are a few. It's a Hawken. Have a partially put together fullstock Hawken 58 out in the shop I need to get back to. Might not touch another after I finish it.

That's a fine looking Hawken!

I like my .58...(it prefers 100grs FF)


Built by Rodney T. Shields between 1995-1999. It has a 1:72 twist, Bob Roller handmade triggers, Ron Long Lock and a 32" Getz tapered octagon barrel. All hardware is browned iron. The length of pull is fourteen and a quarter inches and weighs 9.6 lbs. Mr. Shields went to the Mountain Man museum in Pinedale Wyoming and took detailed measurements of one of the Hawkens on display and duplicated the rifle with better wood and in a more common bore diameter (I think he told me the original had an odd bore size, but I forgot to put it in my notes).

A lot of them were 53 caliber. Mine is 54 and I will be taking delivery on the 31 st.

Anybody know where I can find a 1" .58 that would fit my TC Hawken percussion gun?

That’s a danged beauty!

Buy a Renegade or Hawken 1" barrel and send it to this guy:
Bob Hoyt
700 Fairfield Station Rd.
Fairfield, Pa. 17320
ph... 717 642 6696

Very nice rig there. Rodney had some skill.

There are some very nice rifles posted on here!

Thanks to all posters. I do like seeing them!

PDS, 30338, I took possession of a nice 20 bore Northwest gun this week. It could use some trigger/lock work. When I get some of these Dr. appts behind me, and get wifey settled back in here at the house I’m gonna tackle into it.

I'm taking the modern path to .58 caliber. Have a PH 1858 Enfield on the way. Been looking at these for a while, along with the Musketoons. Finally jumped.

We have a four-day sidelock/stickbow season in January. Any deer or bear (like they'll be awake!) as long as you don't exceed your
3-buck season limit. No extra tags or fees. Only got one day in last season, but there was snow on the ground. Had a good time crunching along wth my Renegade. Nary another soul to be seen.