Author Topic: Hawken buck (Read 2245 times)

Matt58 · « **on:** January 10, 2021, 10:52:52 PM »

It has been a long season since the first week of October but i finally put my tag on a decent buck....

rich pierce · « **Reply #1 on:** January 10, 2021, 10:56:33 PM »

Beauty! Nicely done and strong perseverance.

MuskratMike · « **Reply #2 on:** January 11, 2021, 01:33:51 AM »

Well done Matt, well done. Where at and how far?

adam h · « **Reply #3 on:** January 11, 2021, 01:35:58 AM »

nice buck wide and tall I also like the rifle congrats. all our seasons ended in dec.

Daryl · « **Reply #4 on:** January 11, 2021, 02:13:36 AM »

Nice buck- good looking rifle. Well done.
Load particulars, please.

Daniel Coats · « **Reply #5 on:** January 11, 2021, 03:11:09 AM »

Well done! Would like to hear more about the rifle and load. Is there a story to go with it?

smylee grouch · « **Reply #6 on:** January 11, 2021, 03:41:15 AM »

Didn't need a range finder for this little Frankin buck. He was standing right behind my 50 yd, back stop on my cabin range.

2019

Daryl · « **Reply #7 on:** January 11, 2021, 04:24:42 AM »

Well done, SmyleeG. A close friend of mine has a shooting hut (old man's blind") with a small 100 yard field out in front, with 25, 50 and 100 yard target stands.
It matters now, where the moose, elk or deer stand, they are always in range.
It's an old man's blind, because it's insulated and heated.

smylee grouch · « **Reply #8 on:** January 11, 2021, 04:34:49 AM »

Daryl, I got that little guy on the last day of hunting with the 62 flinter. He was small but tasty and too close to pass on the afternoon of the last day when I hadn't had a deer tag in 5-6 years.

Daryl · « **Reply #9 on:** January 11, 2021, 04:42:48 AM »

Looks like a very nice, English styled gun - smooth or rifled?
I see a full octagonal bl. & a rear sight.

smylee grouch · « **Reply #10 on:** January 11, 2021, 05:32:42 AM »

Yes an English style with straight taper 1-80 or 1-75 (IIRC ) twist. Jim Carpenter barrel and Davis late English flintlock. 100 gr. Swiss 1&1/2f 610 ball. Single blade rear sight. The 66 cal. I'm working on will have a two blade rear sight with a Charlie Burton straight taper barrel 1-85 twist. Hope to run both across the crono next summer after I get my 2nd leg.

I'm thinking the 66 will like around a 4 dram load.

Daryl · « **Reply #11 on:** January 11, 2021, 05:54:40 AM »

Yes - or 5? Keep us posted, SmyleeG. Most interesting and the accuracy loads should be as well.
Good luck with the new knee?/leg.

smylee grouch · « **Reply #12 on:** January 11, 2021, 06:02:44 AM »

Yes will do. I'm hoping to get around 1400 with a 648 or 650 ball. Cuts are around 8-10 thousands deep and wide. Can't wait for spring.

Daryl · « **Reply #13 on:** January 11, 2021, 06:15:18 AM »

Seems to me, Dphar was getting 1,700fps with 140gr. 1 1/2 Swiss in his 16 bore rifle, with 85" twist Rayle barrel. The barrel Ed made, iirc, had about a .670 to .675" bore
(almost 15 bore .677"), so a standard Lyman .662" (16 bore) 1vounce ball mould could be used.

Matt58 · « **Reply #14 on:** January 11, 2021, 05:40:17 PM »

Thanks all! The rifle is a GRRW Hawken my dad got me for my 14th birthday. My hunting load is 100g of 2f behind a 495 ball. I have killed a lot of deer with the Hawken and never recovered a ball.

It was 28 degrees and i was in a sketchy ladder stand with no shooting rail (and barely a platform for your feet) because the wind was wrong for my normal stand. He appeared just after daylight about 70 yds out quartering to me and i let him have it. He went about 40 yards and fell.

I live in NE TX near Tyler and killed him on my own place. Mostly hardwood, pine and rolling hills here. If you go very far west you get into prairie/ mesquite.

smylee grouch · « **Reply #15 on:** January 11, 2021, 06:10:24 PM »

Nice buck and rifle. Sounds like a good load too.

Daryl · « **Reply #16 on:** January 11, 2021, 07:21:58 PM »

Quote from: Matt58 on January 11, 2021, 05:40:17 PM

Thanks all! The rifle is a GRRW Hawken my dad got me for my 14th birthday. My hunting load is 100g of 2f behind a 495 ball. I have killed a lot of deer with the Hawken and never recovered a ball.

It was 28 degrees and i was in a sketchy ladder stand with no shooting rail (and barely a platform for your feet) because the wind was wrong for my normal stand. He appeared just after daylight about 70 yds out quartering to me and i let him have it. He went about 40 yards and fell.

I live in NE TX near Tyler and killed him on my own place. Mostly hardwood, pine and rolling hills here. If you go very far west you get into prairie/ mesquite.

Tks Matt - good load for a .50. You've had that rifle for a while now. Should know her well.

Prairie dog shooter · « **Reply #17 on:** January 11, 2021, 08:25:27 PM »

Congratulations Matt. Nice buck, nice rifle, and good photos!

hanshi · « **Reply #18 on:** January 11, 2021, 11:57:10 PM »

Matt, that is one fine buck anyway you look at it. And you made one great shot, too. I do like that good rifle of yours.

And, Smiley, I bet that little buck was some good eatin'.

Sparkitoff · « **Reply #19 on:** January 12, 2021, 12:05:12 AM »

Nice rifle that has a great background and a nice buck with it!

alacran · « **Reply #20 on:** January 12, 2021, 03:44:59 AM »

Great way to start the New Year Mat. Wonderful way to end a season Smiley. Congratulations to the both of you.

Keith Zimmerman · « **Reply #21 on:** January 12, 2021, 04:17:53 AM »

Huge bases! Nice!

madmtmike · « **Reply #22 on:** January 12, 2021, 04:52:19 AM »

Very nice buck Daryl. We hunted does this last weekend just outside of Quitman. Took three. 58 & 54 cal caplocks.
madmtmike

Magungo1066 · « **Reply #23 on:** January 12, 2021, 08:30:42 AM »

great shot and success!

meangene1969 · « **Reply #24 on:** January 18, 2021, 07:25:28 PM »

Congratulations! Beautiful rifle

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