I have made and used at least 3 triggers of similar design. I think they are now available from Davis.
Its all I use for SS triggers now.
I have made about 5-6 (?) Hawken style pistols over the years.
This is all TOW parts from about 1980 including a precarved stock in walnut.
This has a lot more shop made/reworked parts in it.
This is one of a pair. Cut a 12" GM 54
I have made one or two others but no photos. One was a full size percussion in 54 that I shot a deer with just to see how it worked.
I like the swivel rods far better than wood. But one must make most of the parts. The parts TOW sold, 30 odd years ago anyway, are too flimsy and I make them out of thicker metal using the store bought parts as a pattern.
The part the rod passes through is the hard part if you don't have a lathe but the TOW part works OK.
I do not consider pistols hard to make. Metal work is less or at worse the same. Stock work a LOT less. But some folks hate em. So?
If parts have to be made like TGs, as in the second one down its a little more trouble. TGs can be a pain
I have a 62 cal x 1" barrel I am going to cut into pistol barrels to make a large bore set like the 65 caliber originals shown earlier in the thread. Percussion and maybe a FL set too since I have enough for 4 barrels.
TOW sells a plan for a similar pistol that might be of help to someone in the process of using the original Hawken as a inspiration. But this is NOT a beginners project.
A beginners pistol project is more like a simple FS pistol from a precarve stock. Hooked breeches, underribs etc are harder to do.
Dan
