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Very nice!

I freeking commend you gents shooting deer and other big game with these rifles. I had to refrain from commenting on another thread where a guy said he's "more handy" at killing deer, with his AR, than he is with a bolt action. For fu cks sake it only takes 1 shot. How gd handy do you need to be? Ive seen guys in the field fire off 40 shots on a running elk herd and that chaps my hide to no extent. People need to go back to the basics and work on the proper fundamentals like making that 1 shot count!!! You guys get it.. By the way, some very nice rifles here. I grew up shooting a 50 cal hawkens. My buddy used a 54 cal TC that was a beautiful rifle. I damned near bought a 50 cal TC the other day. You guys wouldnt believe how many jackrabbits we slayed with our bp guns back in the day. Good memories

I sure would! We did the same thing growing up! I watched my old bud make a helluva shot with an old .45 T/C Hawken on a running jack back in the day. Across a draw better than 175 yds, with a round ball. Unfortunately as teenagers back then (circa 1973) nobody ever told us such stunt shots weren’t possible with a ML! So we didn’t know any better.

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LOL, it was my pleasure Big Buddy, hunting and killing 4 good bucks from the ground, knowing you have one shot and one shot only refines the skills we've spent a lifetime learning, 5th and last buck was taken from the ground at 20 yards with a 150 year old original Sharps buffalo rifle in 45-110, it doesn't get any better, as said earlier, I may not be that mad at them this fall, but sure leaned hard on their asses last year!

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Thats awesome man. I could see that. Sounds like the time i took one out with my 29-2. I was up on a dune looking down towards the river and spotted a jack running across a stretch of alkali. It took me 3 shots with that 44 mag. The first one hit about 12 feet behind him. I didnt think id have to lead the sob that much!!

Thats cool gunner.

Thanks, so was smoke poling jacks I bet.

One more time to try to add a photo.

I know this thread is a bit old, but here’s my .54 J&S Hawken built by John Bergmann in 2010 with parts from Don Stith, who owns the original from which this was copied. It has a .54 cal, 1-56" twist, 36" X 1 1/8" - 1" tapered Rice barrel, RE Davis lock, 14 1/4" inch length of pull, and weighs 10 lbs, 13 oz. It’s very accurate with a .530 ball, 100 gr FFg, and a .015 pillow ticking patch with mink oil.

Wow, she's a beaut.

Agreed !!! 100%

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If I can figure out picture posting and get time I'll post mine don't know who built it but has a Large match barrel and Bob Roller trigger.,.50 cal.

His isn't a very"Custom" Hawkin,and certainly isn't in the clas of ones shwnn . Some may get a chuckle out of it.

The stock shown is one I made for a TC Hawkin that the original had split back at the tang. Plus I need a recoil pad due to bad shoulder that I later had replaced with a plastic/metal one.It probably took me 200-250 hours to do it Hardest parts were drilling the hole for the ramrod and getting the slot in the right place in the forearm.

First hunt I took it on, I had it in scabbard on my mule, butt facing forward. First morning out, we had left camp in the dark and got to the hunting area before first light.I stepped off and went to tie the mule up to an aspen tree about 5-6 inches in diameter. For some unknown reason,she jumped forward, putting the aspen between her and the scabbard, cracking the stock just to the left of the tang.I had no spare rifle and that pretty much ended my hunting that ML season.I never put a scabbard on with butt forward after that.

That winter, when I finally got over being upset about it, I pulled it out of the safe, spread the crack open as far as I could, and injected Accuglas into it with a syringe. Then I drilled three 1/4 inch holes down thru the stock and drove 1/4 " walnut dowels into them with glue. It worked and I never had the gumption to make another stock for it .That was over thirty years ago before inlines came into being and I m am on the third barrel with it after wearing out the first two

just a plain old custom shop Cabela's. but she shoots like a million! .54 came with a plastic stock. I put it into a invest arms wood stock.

A lot of beautiful rifles, kudos to you guys! I have all the bits and pieces for a new to me build. Started with a 54 cal Green Mountain round ball barrel for a T/C. I don't like the T/C stocks, not enough drop, so went out to Pecatonica River Long Rifle Supply and picked up one of their half stocks for T/C components. They're about an hour away and worth the drive. My hesitation is I'm not a very good woodworker and my abilities don't come close to my expectations! Lol! So this will be a slow process...

Shot my junk azz TC today.
Hawken Silver Elite
90gr T7 w musket cap and TC Maxinhunter 275.

With bad shoulder it wasnt horrible, but it kinda jacked me up an hr or so later.

Sights on indoor range, on black target.....horrible ( esp since i wear bifocals ). Aimed at wall on sandbag and then pivot to target ( end lane ).

Put em where I thought they should be

Had removed rear sight a while back to measure holes and forgot to count clicks. Oops.
Was only a couple off.

Aint seen diddly

You skin griz pilgrim?