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
I think those two guys pretty much have covered the easy standard method of calulating twist...
But I am betting your guns are in the 1-66 1-70 rate of twist, but they could very well be in the 1-48 area, but I doubt it.
Now that statement leaves a lot of room for guessing?
