I have 2 Hawkens I inherited from my DAD. (See Mountain Magic's Pedroselli Hawken post).
http://www.huntingnet.com/forum/blac...mt-hawken.html

I have asked MM for help - so we will be posting back and forth using this medium. I invite all to join in - I know enough to be dangerous and do not post on topics that I do not have the experience to share. I have done quite a bit of BP shotgunning and jsut stated with an inline. I have no patch and ball or mini ball experience.

So the first thing with these hawkens - I would like to determine the twist rate.

I did mic the bores and I have a 54 and 45 calibers as there are no caliber markings on the rifles.

JW