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Thread: Hawken is all finished up

  1. 03-19-2016, 06:22 PM #1
    FrontierMuzzleloading
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    Hawken is all finished up

    My dad and I were thinking what to get my brother for Christmas and I came up with the idea. Lets rebuild his old CVA Hawken.

    In the end, He got a new stock and a new .54cal 1:48 twist 28" barrel. I did all the work as usual on the rifle. Fully bedded tang, forearm, trigger plate. Browned the barrel with LMF browning solution, Knight red hot #11 nipple and then blacked out the brass with bras black. Let it rub off naturally in the heavy use areas and it will look like nicely aged brass.

    Truoil finish and the stain used was Dixies antique gun stain. I think I did 2 or 3 coats of the dixie stain and then followed up with 1 or 2 coats of birchwood casey walnut to tame the red down. I really like the way it came out. My brother says hes going to hate hunting with it.



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  2. 03-19-2016, 06:44 PM #2
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    I like it, it turned out nice.
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  3. 03-19-2016, 07:07 PM #3
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    Looks like new again. Great job, he should be plenty happy!
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  4. 03-19-2016, 08:30 PM #4
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    Very nice!
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  5. 03-19-2016, 08:57 PM #5
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    A fine restoration job and a great gift!
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  6. 03-19-2016, 09:15 PM #6
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    Very nice. I like that color, and the lockplate and cap box inletting are better than some of the multi thousand dollar custom guns I've seen.

    Years of hunting can be rough on a gun, but it's why they were built and it adds character anyway. I say go for it.
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  7. 03-19-2016, 09:55 PM #7
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    Very well done.
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  8. 03-19-2016, 10:18 PM #8
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    Nice job!
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  9. 03-19-2016, 11:31 PM #9
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    Very nice indeed. It looks like it could be a safe queen but I am betting it will be a deer killing machine. I know your brother is proud of his "new" muzzleloader.
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  10. 03-19-2016, 11:40 PM #10
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    oh she'll be in the field early September this year if he draws his deer tag! I have a twin, only in .58cal and I should have a bull tag in my hands this year. Just gotta pray Colorado doesn't give all of our tags to the out of staters.
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    Nice job!
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  12. 04-11-2016, 04:53 PM #12
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    Great work!
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  13. 04-11-2016, 05:02 PM #13
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    Beautiful !!!!!
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  14. 04-13-2016, 03:35 PM #14
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    Looks great - well done!
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  15. 04-13-2016, 10:24 PM #15
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    Great job looks good Jonathan
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