ORIGINAL: 30-06lover
alright thanks, earlier you said that this does not have a hooked breech so u mean the barrel will not come off of this gun right? i would kind of like one that will be easier cleaning, i was thinking of either the kentucky model or the hawkens model they are both around 300 dollars but the hawken is shorter, and has a hooked breech, and it has double triggers. which one would you go with for deer hunting?
Many of the Kentucky models or full stock model rifles are pinned. They do not suggest removing the pins unless necessary for repairs. I personally do not own a pinned rifle for that reason. The Hawkins or Trade Rifles are wedged. All you do is drive the wedge out, and the breech then unhooks from the tang. You take just the barrel out of the stock, drop the breech endin a water bath and clean it that way. With the pinned rifles you need a flush kit that hooks to the percussion cap and you clean it that way.
I personally like the Hawkins model with the hooked breech and the double triggers.The shorter barrels do not reallyconcern me. If you want a longer rifle with hooked breech styling then look at a Lyman Great Plain Rifle or Great Plains Hunter. If the double trigger is not that important, there are a lot of hooked breech traditional rifles out there.