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Re: Pedersoli Hawken Rifle
« Reply #20 on: December 05, 2017, 03:07:37 PM »
Glad to hear it!  I got mine used, and haven't gotten to shoot it yet.  (I'm not wild about shooting in 30mph wind!)  The thing is beautiful and the quality seems excellent.  Can't wait to start shooting it!
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Re: Pedersoli Hawken Rifle
« Reply #21 on: December 06, 2017, 07:41:31 PM »
Nice article Dale, thank your daughter for providing the link. Looks like a beautiful rifle, and with you as the trigger man, I bet it will shoot pretty good too! You still thinking about a muzzleloading  "skirmish run" at Jerrys? I don't think it would be necessary to provide quite as target rich of an environment as the Muster.
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Re: Pedersoli Hawken Rifle
« Reply #22 on: December 06, 2017, 08:36:31 PM »
I've been itching to shoot my Tryon plains rifle . . .

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Re: Pedersoli Hawken Rifle
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Re: Pedersoli Hawken Rifle
« Reply #23 on: December 19, 2017, 11:28:22 AM »
Got to shoot my Pedersoli Hawken yesterday........great rifle!  I'm using .530 balls.  Has anyone ever used .525 balls to make them load a bit easier?  Is it something that's even feasible?
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Re: Pedersoli Hawken Rifle
« Reply #24 on: December 19, 2017, 06:05:20 PM »
Got to shoot my Pedersoli Hawken yesterday........great rifle!  I'm using .530 balls.  Has anyone ever used .525 balls to make them load a bit easier?  Is it something that's even feasible?
RCBS makes a .520 mold, that I use with an old Santa Fe Hawken that came in .53 cal.
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Re: Pedersoli Hawken Rifle
« Reply #25 on: December 19, 2017, 06:57:01 PM »
Thinner patch Ned?
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Re: Pedersoli Hawken Rifle
« Reply #26 on: December 19, 2017, 08:06:36 PM »
I'll try that, too, of course.  I've just started playing with it, so it will take a bit of time to figure everything out.
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Re: Pedersoli Hawken Rifle
« Reply #27 on: December 20, 2017, 12:17:23 AM »
Both guys I know shooting these are using .535" round balls, with .017" or thicker patching, on top of some significant powder charges.  Both guys are using oiled patches; one is using neatsfoot oil, not sure what the other is using. 
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Re: Pedersoli Hawken Rifle
« Reply #28 on: December 20, 2017, 01:38:31 AM »
I have an old Lee .527 mold that I bought in hopes it will work with my Uberti Santa Fe Hawken .53 caliber rifle. I have not yet cast any but maybe I should try them in both my Uberti and my Pedersoli. Track of The Wolf sells both .520 and .526 balls and they both work well in my Uberti.

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Re: Pedersoli Hawken Rifle
« Reply #29 on: December 26, 2017, 02:52:43 AM »
Niederlander, post pictures of your shooting trip if you can.  I'd love to see the rifle.

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Re: Pedersoli Hawken Rifle
« Reply #31 on: March 02, 2018, 06:05:43 PM »
howdy  very nice lookim pedersoli rocky mtn rifle as a production gun imo.  highly suggest lookin thru  charles hanson's definitive book on the hawken brothers rifles  >the hawken rifle  itsm place in history"   regards  ol pete

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Re: Pedersoli Hawken Rifle
« Reply #32 on: March 06, 2018, 04:51:22 PM »
I opened the link posted above:  that is no more a Hawken than a Lada is a Merrcedes.  My Lord!

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Re: Pedersoli Hawken Rifle
« Reply #33 on: March 07, 2018, 02:12:21 AM »
The link posted by Chance is of the Pedersoli Traditional Hawken, it does not resemble a Hawken. The one that actually looks like a Hawken is the Pedersoli Rocky Mountain Hawken with a 1:65" twist barrel, or the Pedersoli Missouri River Hawken which is the same rifle as the Rocky Mountain but with a 1:24" twist barrel.

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Re: Pedersoli Hawken Rifle
« Reply #34 on: April 20, 2018, 01:33:38 PM »
Dale, have you ever visited the Museum of the Fur Trade? That's quite a collection they have.
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Re: Pedersoli Hawken Rifle
« Reply #35 on: April 20, 2018, 06:47:11 PM »
Here are some pics of my Pedersoli  Rocky Mountain Rifle. It is a great gun, especially for a production gun. I got mine from Cabelas when it was on sale.  Jw
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Re: Pedersoli Hawken Rifle
« Reply #36 on: April 20, 2018, 06:55:07 PM »
For target shooting I use 70gr 3F , .535 ball and an .010 Ox-yoke patch.  Jw
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