I am glad to hear all of that came together so well... I think you will be very pleased with the way the rifle shoot... Try 90 grains of Goex 3f and a .430 300 grain Hornady XTP in a green crushed rib sabot out of that carbine. In mine, that is just an amazing load. For open sights, it is so accurate I guess I wonder what would happen with a scope on the rifle.

What kind of peep did you mount? And is it a tang model or a further down the barrel model? I also just bought a bunch of scope mounts for Hawkins barrels. I will have to see if one of them fits that carbine...