Slant Breech question

[deano]

Can anyone recommend the best fitting slant breech for a Hawken style gun build. I believe there used to be a Griffin breech that fit well with a matched lock that came in a full set, is it still being made and is it available?

Thanks,

Ken

[halfcocked]

Never heard of a Griffin, you might want to call Don Stith on that one. Regarding good fitting ones, I have used several different suppliers and always had to do a fair amount of filing and fitting to get it right. Good Luck.

[Dan'l 1946]

I believe the Hawken Shop used to carry the locks and the slant breech parts that the Griffith Tool Company made.

[rich pierce]

What size breech?  I have some old stock Hawken breeches and think there's a slant breech among them.

[deano]

Thanks Goex4fg! Griffith-Griffon-Griffin at least I got half of it right, the crs part of getting older is a real pain.

I seem to remember the barrel I have being 1 1/8" at the breech it is a straight taper let me double check tonight. The recent discussion on short barrelled straight tapered Hawken's got me thinking I could cut it short and build a nice deer rifle. I love the look of a long rifle barrel but something shorter would really be handy in a tree stand, the new model 7 Remington I got has proved that in a stand this year.

Ken

[bigsky]

The Griffith breech sold by the Hawken Shop is also sold by TOW.  It is a straight breech design and only comes in 1" barrel size.