Couple things fo do yet,brwon barrel,then boil want blue/black finish.Buff out wood finish,few more coats of oil.Welcome any critiques,always need advice for the next one.Some thoughts,should have a butt with more heel,some engraving on lock when color cased.Wood with color case may be a bit too fancy for a hawken fullstock,IMHO but I like it.
Like to thank everybody who chimed in on any help me threads.Herb,D.Pharris,Mt.Meek,R.Sells,Captchee,you knowledge and help on these forums regarding hawken rifles was a big help.I would like to say a special thank you to D.Taylor Sapergia,your guidance,wisdom,patience really helped me out.You always made time to answer my many questions via email,PM,threads,your an inspiration to us all.Being this is my first build,first hawken,my goal was to try and capture some of the nuances of a fullstock hawken,get the inlets tight as possible and hopefully hit the broad side of a barn with it,LOL.
.58 cal green mt. barrel,L&R lock,triggers,iron hardware came from various places,thanks R.Sells for a proper nose piece.It is a precarve from pecatonica,you will need to remove plenty to get here.I had them inlet the lock plate as at the time I was a little scared about placement.I did the rest,I cut the butt to 13 1/2 LOP.looking back I would have did the lock inlet myself as well.A lot of precarve problems seem to get reported,no problems here other than the ones I created.Some nice wood,good curl,the pics dont do it justice.If you look down the stock,curl from the top down stands out while curl coming from the bottom dissapears,look from the othere end the curl from the bottom stands out and the top dissapears,quite striking.Folks at wyoming armory did the color case,great turn around time,reasonable rates.Stock finish is tannic acid,aqua fortis(Jim Kiblers) and Chambers oil finish.Stock needs some buffing out.
