Hawken day at the range.

[Electric Miner]

Went to the range this morning with my Sharon Hawken to do some searching for a load.


The gun...







Just got to shoot 90 grains today. Then I got involved on a circle discussion of the Sierra 168 grain TMK bullets.

Things I did discover. My rifle hates CCI percussion caps. Tried several batches of tens and elevens. Not a single one set off the main charge. Pull trigger - paff - no boom. Remington tens, on the other hand, set the charge off every single time.

So, at 90 grains of ff, I shot ten rounds at 75 shots. All in the eight" black circle. Like I said, got caught up in a conversation and ran out of time. So, next time, I'll move up to 95 grains, then 100, then 105 and so forth up to 120 grains.

[Captainkirk]

Beautiful rifle, EM. I share your sentiments regarding the Remmy caps. Dy-no-mite!

[StrawHat]

On my percussion rifles, I had them all set up for one cap, specifically the top hat musket cap.  Since then, I have heard the top hat has come under modification for some imagined offense and is no longer the cap it used to be.

Good luck with your rifle.  I built a similar rifle and it was found of 90 grains of FFg and a .490 PRB.

Kevin

[Electric Miner]

This is a .54 caliber.

[Mad Dog Stafford]

I like it!