Finished the Hawken up

FrontierGander

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An online buddy of mine wanted a new Hawken and so I put one together for him, almost a clone of mine except he wanted a real dark stain and so we figured everything out and I went to work.

Rifle is built on a CVA Hawken stock, Deer Creek 32" 1:66 twist .58cal barrel, relocated barrel tenon so I could use the factory wedge key slot in the stock, the lock I completely polished as well as the trigger sear. Blued the barrel and also fit the tang to the stock, followed up with completely bedding the tang, trigger plate and a small section of the forward stock to help eliminate side to side movement under recoil.

The wrist of the stock got a little trimming and the thumb hook as I call it, I cut out and shaped.

Had to order a new tall blade front sight after I bought one that was to short, the rifle shot 6" high at 25 yards, but the main thing, go shoot it! The rifle shot really well but I'll really get her working once that new sight comes in.
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Your rifle turned out beautiful. Can you give me some details on the wood finish, like exactly what stain you used and what finish over the stain. I'm working on a project right now that I hope turns out similar to yours.
 
Here's the beginning of a Hawken I just started. I've inletted the barrel, drilled the ramrod hole, and inletted the tang. There is a long ways to go
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>Your rifle turned out beautiful.
>Can you give me some
>details on the wood finish,
>like exactly what stain you
>used and what finish over
>the stain. I'm working
>on a project right now
>that I hope turns out
>similar to yours.

Excuse me for taking so long to get back with this info!

Laurel Mountain Forge Nut brown - 4 coats & then 2 coats laurel mountain forge Walnut. Finish is low gloss Tung Oil.

Heres the build link if you want to take a look,
http://www.frontiermuzzleloading.com/t6531-cva-hawken-build

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