j&s hawken build help

[adam h]

heres my tang now after I bent it it is still straight with barrell flat.

I drilled and tapped my trigger plate and installed my guard now I have to take care of
the gap at the front and finish my loop on back .

I'm gonna wait and do my buttplate in order when i get to that part of the build
there was a topic on measuring for correct length of pull but i haven't been able to find that
thread i have never worried about length much i don't have many firearms that have the same

[Joe S.]

Surely you have a favorite rifle/shotgun,the one that just shoulders just right. The one you can close your eyes,shoulder and open your eyes and your right on target.Measure that ones LOP........

[Herb]

dam, what parts set do you have?That being the 1 1/8" Bridger tang, looks like you have got it bent to contour.  There seems to be a hump at the forward end (should not be above a straight line from the top of the barrel).  If so, that can be filed down.  What triggers and guard and stock are those?

[adam h]

herb, I have the J&S parts set from Don at st.louis rifle co. the stock is from him also
the triggers are from Bob roller. I had to get another breech plug and tang I filed the other one
wrong this one is from totw bridger plug and tang.I did file the hump down a little today.

heres a picture of that

[Herb]

Adam, my computer does not print a capital A if I use the left shift.  Didn't see that, sorry.  Do you have an 1 1/8" barrel?

[adam h]

herb, it is a 1 1/8 in to 1in barrel.

[Bob Roller]

Those triggers are representative of 2 different sets I saw when visiting Tom Dawson
in the early 1970's. One set was from a J&S full stock and the other was the Hoffman
&Campbell which was a J&S dressed up a bit.It appeared to both of us that these triggers
were nothing more than common triggers put into a longer and wider plate.I still have
Tom's very detailed drawings of the H&C trigger group.I also made 3 copies of the Ashmore
lock of the H&C.The first one was a job that still bugs me.Tom INSISTED on the same sorry
workmanship of the original.The next 2 were my regular sets of parts with half cock and fly
and two upper bridle screws.
I will make these triggers but with my own upgrades in design such as the hollow rectangular
spring that controls the front trigger.The idea behind this is if one side cracks the triggers will
still function.This adds a bit more time to the making of these triggers but it also reflects my
own attitude toward making such a device.All 3 of my SMR-Ohio_Va tiggers use it as does any
Hawken triggers from my shop.
Bob Roller

[adam h]

Bob, I like your triggers i'm not changing a thing on them because there are original
I haven't found one that looks the same .