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Tsk tsk tsk....for shame..this is not a correct Haw.ken...

While you have the B wedge plates and nose cap in the white...the rest of the furniture should be cased...Hawken tended to have blued B's...and there is a swell in the stock that tapers down into the butt plate..

But the big boo boo is that you have more than 1/8" of wood below the lock plate..

Following is a vid by noted Haw.ken expert Robert Wood.fill on what a correct Hawken should look like. He has been at it for 50 years...and has recently written a book on the Ha.wken..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iap2rZ7-3L0&t=456s

Some years back I bought a Pur..dy St.alking rifle in 62 C built by him...for about 1k...ya wana talk about having mad dog spoon building skills...amazing work. In the vid he mentions having a booth at Friendship next to Ho.mer Dan.gler...another legendary builder...I have a HD spoon that I bought from a friend of mines estate auction...

What sparked my recent interest in Haw ken is the fact that I pu 2 custom built bp's (out of 6) at an upstate n..y auction. a unmarked Hawken that is very close to being correct..and a A..M marked Shim..mel...I was apparently the only one who knew who A..M is..cause I got that one for a good price..A..M is 42 spoon back-ordered...Since all the spoons out of that lil correction were quality pieces by well known builders I have been trying to figure out the likely builder of the Hawken.. hence the research.

In doing the research I found out who R Wood..fill is
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