My friends Hawken

Its a Traditions St.Louis Hawken .50cal with 28" barrel and 1:48 twist. Sweet shooting guns! I got this for him in kit form and spent the last 2 months slowly going at it as I could. Barrel and tang are completely bedded for a super tight fit. No need to worry about moisture and wood swelling.

LMF Browned everything ( As long as it was steel ) Birchwood Casey walnut stain. The finish is 600 grit and topped off with Birchwood Casey Genuine oil. All brass was buffed with an 800 grit scuffing pad so its not super shiny. This will age very nicely.

I added a german silver front sight ( extra tall ) and then cut a dovetail so I could install a rear sight from a lyman great plains rifle ( non adjustable ). Everything went together great and I think she looks pretty sweet myself.

Installed a Hotshot #11 nipple and added a brass flash cup to keep everything clean when we're out shooting it. Also it came with a derlin ramrod so I ordered and fit a hickory ramrod rod. Much better looking and functions a LOT better than that flexy derlin stuff.

I will have to make a stencil and put No.3 on this rifle as it is my 3rd st louis hawken ive put together.

That's a fine looking rifle! Sure like the way that wood came out!
Nice work! Your friend should be proud of that one.
Sam A.

Sorry for the dumb question, but what is a LMF browning? Is that a brand name?
Sorry, I'm new to this.
Thanks, great looking rifle!

Nicely done!

Not a dumb question. LMF is a brand abbreviation for Laurel Mountain Forge. The browning solutions can be bought from most muzzle loading supply houses.

Nice, How did you do the lettering on the barrel?

Nice job.

It always amazes me how nice the wood looks on production kit builds vs what the factories end up with on completed rifles! Lots of beautiful wood hidden under thick factory finishes.

Very nice job.

I like it!

Great job. That's a beautiful rifle.

Nice job!

Cleaned that one up for sure.

Sure hope he still has it!

That turned out really nice!

Frontier's said:

Its a Traditions St.Louis Hawken .50cal with 28" barrel and 1:48 twist. Sweet shooting guns! I got this for him in kit form and spent the last 2 months slowly going at it as I could. Barrel and tang are completely bedded for a super tight fit. No need to worry about moisture and wood swelling.

LMF Browned everything ( As long as it was steel ) Birchwood Casey walnut stain. The finish is 600 grit and topped off with Birchwood Casey Genuine oil. All brass was buffed with an 800 grit scuffing pad so its not super shiny. This will age very nicely.

I added a german silver front sight ( extra tall ) and then cut a dovetail so I could install a rear sight from a lyman great plains rifle ( non adjustable ). Everything went together great and I think she looks pretty sweet myself.

Installed a Hotshot #11 nipple and added a brass flash cup to keep everything clean when we're out shooting it. Also it came with a derlin ramrod so I ordered and fit a hickory ramrod rod. Much better looking and functions a LOT better than that flexy derlin stuff.

I will have to make a stencil and put No.3 on this rifle as it is my 3rd st louis hawken ive put together.

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very fricken nice

That looks beautiful...I've seen another of your posts where you were shooting at a range...is this the same gun? Or have you given it as a gift yet?

Already gave it to him a year ago lol

This is the only you most likely saw and is my personal rifle.

rusticbob said:

Sorry for the dumb question, but what is a LMF browning? Is that a brand name?
Sorry, I'm new to this.
Thanks, great looking rifle!

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Laurel Mountain Forge barrel brown and degreaser. Best there is .. cold application .. follow Laurel Mountain's instructions. Polecat [Just my 1 1/2 cents worth

Frontier's said:

Already gave it to him a year ago lol

This is the only you most likely saw and is my personal rifle.
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Yup that's the one...I recognize the personalization on thr4e stock

Nicely done, I'd shoot that in a heartbeat!