Hawken build advice needed

[alacran]

When I said I wouldn't put sling swivels on a Hawken, I did not mean that it was necessarily incorrect to do so. It is just my preference. If I was going to take a 12 lb rifle in the field, and wanted to put a sling on it, I would make an English sporting rifle or a Jeager. Sling swivels and slings are proper on those guns. Wait I am making  a short barreled Jeager for tree stand hunting back east. Much easier to climb your your tree stand with the gun slung across you back.

[borderdogs]

I think anyone who wants to put a sling on a Hawken its up to them. The way people hunt around here its generally tree stand stuff and not a whole lot of walking. When I was a kid my dad hunted with a .58 caliber Springfield rifled musket and I carried the extra shot in a 69 1842 Springfield musket. We never had slings on them and I remember that getting heavy pretty quickly, but I was pretty young then.
Rob

[Deuce50]

I say, if you want to put a sling on and it makes your hunt more enjoyable, easier go for it.If you wanna haul your shooting iron over your shoulder that's fine too.If you wanna bring your gun bearer "Friday" to haul it for you that's fine too.To each his own, sometimes we get to hung up on what others do or too historically correct,you did drive there in a pick up truck right?

Haha... So true...   yes this rifle will get a sling of some kind when it's finished.