MNFarmHunter
Well-Known Member
Not much of a story.I, for one, would love to hear that story 17 years in the making!
Got out of the service and bought a Hawkens kit to build. Stock sanding and staining went straight forward and looks good. The barrel, despite hundreds of rounds through it, still looks like new and will group a patched ball at 100y that'll satisfy any hunting need. The side lock, however, gives it the story and character.
It required fitting to get it to mate to the percussion cap pan. Not having any tools, I bought some cheap ones at the hardware store (squared off of course) and instead of a smoothly radius'd lock, there's a squared off cut that the pan fits into. It's ugly as sin but it's my ugly sin.
If the lead free only rule comes into play next year, this may be the last time I get to blood this rifle. Question now is whether I'm more interested with getting a deer or blooding the rifle.