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Anybody have one of the rifles called the "Springfield Hawken"?
Any good or bad points to describe?
Barrel width across the flats?
 
Think I had one of those some years back. Is .50 caliber . Had a 15/16” barrel, 28” long. Brass butt plate that’s not concaved . Brass trigger guard/nose cap. Single wedge.

I would rate the muzzleloader quality as a little better than a CVA Hawken but not as good as a TC Hawken. Somewhere between the two? Oh! 1:48 twist.

Not a bad muzzleloader if the price is right! Excellent condition would be $200 to $250 is what I’d pay for excellent to mint condition.

Respectfully, Cowboy
 
I still have the one I bought in the early 90's. Killed lots of deer with it. I only shot prb with 65 gns of 2f in it and it always hit where I aimed. It has a thin brass front sight with a wide back sight, I really never cared for them but never changed them either. I loaded it with 35 gns of powder for fun and it will wear a bullseye out at 25 yds. Aint nothin fancy, just a nice little gun that does what it is supposed to do.
 
Ricochet, You will appreciate that wide rear sight as you eyes age and you can only get good focus on the front sight. Having the wide slot will allow the out of focus fuzziness will allow you to still have a pretty good sight picture of a slightly fuzzy target sitting on top of a sharp front sight sitting in the rear sight notch.
 
Ricochet, You will appreciate that wide rear sight as you eyes age and you can only get good focus on the front sight. Having the wide slot will allow the out of focus fuzziness will allow you to still have a pretty good sight picture of a slightly fuzzy target sitting on top of a sharp front sight sitting in the rear sight notch.
I haven't shot it in quite a few years, since my eyes were perfect! You are absolutely correct, they do help now, I kinda like the sights:)
 
It's here. A bargain. My intents were to make it a smallbore medium twist offhand shooter and it appears that will work out fine.
 
Let us know how it shoots. I just picked up the same rifle at the LGS for $165 but haven't had a chance to shoot it yet.
 
Got it back from being relined. Rifling looks really nice. Has 0.386" bore diameter and 30" twist. The hang feels perfect. Besides the hollow base in the picture also have a .388" diameter mold (plain base semi-wadcutter with big lube groove) to use for a maxi and of course round ball. Will likely burn through a whole lot of .375 and .380 ball slicking up the rifling.
 
The barrel lining looks well done. I picked up a .50 version of it at a gun store last year and it's a tack driver. It shoots better than me. .490 ball, .15 lubed patch, 90 grains of 2f olde eynsford and I'm getting 1-1.5 inch groups at 50 yards. My only limitation is my poor eyesight. Interestingly enough out of all the iron sight rifles I have, my cheap slightly rusty muzzleloader is the one I shoot best!
 
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