Hello Everyone, Thank you all for your praise - very much appreciated! Taylor, the forward lock bolt was shortened after the photos were taken, and before the customer arrived to pick it up. Taylor, he comissioned at least one Hawken from you. He shot it here, and was very pleased with it. He has already cancelled his appearance at the Milan (Italy) kinife shoe so he can harvest a deer with it this Fall - so no museum, fellows. If he hurts the gun, he knows someone that can fix it..... Jerry, if you email me at p.alexander00@gmail.com, I will be happy to forward my son Andrew's photos of the rifle. As for specs, the stock is a $1000 piece of quarter sawn sugar maple tiger maple - the most beautiful stock I have ever worked - would hold the most subtle carving, but also very hard and brittle. A very nice Rice swamped .50 caliber barrel, small Siler brass plate lock, butt plate and trigger guard from Reaves Goehring. Everything else is my work. I aimed for that fine balance which Shakespeare advocated these many centuries ago: "rich, but not gaudy". Again, all, thanks for the comments. PAA
