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  1. DjPorkchop

    Handgun Questions

    I agree. 1 is good to go the other I need to do a little timing work on. Then it is off to the kids house in the country to have some fun.
  2. DjPorkchop

    Handgun Questions

    Thanks I appreciate it. I was surprised when they both were made available at the same time. It didn't take me all of about 3 or 4 minutes of pondering it to convince myself to pick them up. Some of the Nickel is scuffed up but they have been around since the late 80's. I suppose that if fair...
  3. DjPorkchop

    Handgun Questions

    I did pal ..... For a couple months before I posted. But thanks for the helpful reply. Did you miss the part where I said I was 99% certain but wasn't 100% certain? I had other guys chime in on another forum that knew much more than I did about the pistols (supposedly) that when they all piled...
  4. DjPorkchop

    Handgun Questions

    I was pretty certain that's what they were and then I had one person really chiming in my ears tossing all kinds of data and this and that around and then a few others chimed in to back him up. They all agreed on the numbers being on the trigger guard (bottom) being Remingtons and Numbers on the...
  5. DjPorkchop

    Handgun Questions

    Hello all. It has been a hot minute since my last post. I hope everyone is as well as can be. So anyhow, I am not sure if 2 fools met on this one or what but I got a matching pair form the same year of Armi San Marco .44 cal pistols. I have reason to believe the importer was Kassnar out of PA...
  6. DjPorkchop

    Bolster Issues On a CVA Hawken 50 Cal

    I really appreciate that info. That jig they mention, is that something I can and should pick up and use just because? I am diabetic and even on my best days I tend to shake like a leaf on a tree. I trust my skills typically but I figure I hate to set the hole slightly askew and be off on the...
  7. DjPorkchop

    Bolster Issues On a CVA Hawken 50 Cal

    Yeah, nah I couldn't shoot again if I wanted to. I couldn't send that nipple back home if I wanted to. Good ol pops did a wonderful job. I am actually shocked that happened. Typically he would not allow that to happen or didn't realize it was happening. I knew it the second I saw ti coming out...
  8. DjPorkchop

    Bolster Issues On a CVA Hawken 50 Cal

    DOH! I swear I looked there. Apparently I did not or did not look good enough. Thanks necchi. Much appreciated. 😁
  9. DjPorkchop

    New Traditions Build

    I agree, the learning and research part sure was worth it. I loved applying what I learned and even more so being able to apply it whilst making custom additions to the build. It sure was a lot of fun.
  10. DjPorkchop

    Bolster Issues On a CVA Hawken 50 Cal

    Hello all! Long time no new posts from me. So I just posted back about the Hawken I got from my father some years back and I just fired it for the first time ever. Everything did go smooth as can be but I did find out something that really did not set well with me and I am not quite sure what...
  11. DjPorkchop

    Am I the only one in the Great Lakes Region?

    I'm down here in Saluki land (down by SIU) in Southern Illinois.
  12. DjPorkchop

    New Traditions Build

    Sorry all, as per my other post I just raised from the bowels of the forums, health went way South on me and computers and everything else took a backseat in my life. I am back at it again and my kids decided it was time for me to get the rifles out and try to start living once again. I didn't...
  13. DjPorkchop

    CVA Hawken Help Needed

    I know this post is very very old and I apologize for necro posting but since I am the OP .... Health and other life situations kept me away for a good while. Some kind folks helped me out with this rifle and a part or two and a one fella sent me a very generous care package as well. I do not...
  14. DjPorkchop

    Misfires: pre-loading the nipple?

    What about a Thunder nipple swap? That would solve ignition issues for sure if you can use one.
  15. DjPorkchop

    Am I the only one in the Great Lakes Region?

    I'm a Great Lakes Region fella as well. Born and raised most of my life up by Chicago suburbs and now reside in very Southern Illinois. Fixin to slip across the border into a Southern State.
  16. DjPorkchop

    New Traditions Build

    I don't really need to use hot air. I just have nothing else to do. I don't work so I get bored. I roll around on a stool in my shop and while waiting I dream up 10 years worth of projects I wish I could do. So it is a matter of just keeping going I guess. But as hot as it is now days, I...
  17. DjPorkchop

    New Traditions Build

    Hair dryer bit the dist on me. SO I bought a cheapo heat gun today. Does everyone use a low heat or a high heat to raise the grain? I am real close on this. Been working on it for months now. Time to get it done and move on. My next up is a pair of pistols hopefully.
  18. DjPorkchop

    New Traditions Build

    Thanks for the kind words everyone. My lovely wife and I sure do appreciate it. It means a lot to us. And thank you all so much for tips on this build. I'll share some pics. Please pardon the mess. This is my first build and I am finding out wood working takes a bit more skill than I thought...
  19. DjPorkchop

    New Traditions Build

    Hello everyone, long time since my last reply. This build is still going. I have had major life events since my last post. Back surgery and including my son passing away almost 3 weeks ago. I started to sell the gun and be done with it but he wanted me so bad to get this gun done so he could...
  20. DjPorkchop

    New Traditions Build

    Hi everyone. Thanks for the replies. Here is the skinny on the subject. Me being a rookie decided that I did not need a drill press and vice to hold anything straight to drill. I was skilled enough to drill 2 little holes by hand, and I did. Long story short, the holes are not straight and I...
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