Its been quite a while, I've been putting it off because I like to pinch pennies and see if they grow. They don't, so I just went and ordered everything I need to finish her up.

Its a CVA Hawken that I refinished many many many months ago but never upgraded the barrel. It was a percussion and so I had to inlet the lock a bit for the new flint lock to drop in. The previous owner removed the drum and installed a vent with JB weld around it. No way was I going to deal with this conversion. JB weld makes a great bedding agent but doesn't belong around a vent hole.

I just checked out, and she's got a new .54cal barrel heading our way. I'll do my typical elevator rear sight and german silver front sight, give it a nice chocolate brown barrel finish.

After that, she'll be all set!


I did get Hawken #11 in the other day. Its a perccusion kit gun thats never been worked on and is unfired. I still have to measure the twist. Its a 1" barrel so it's most likely a 1:66 twister. If not, no biggy! I've already polished the triggers and what a huge difference that makes, just a simple task and it already feels like its glass.