yes it is
and it has some rocker adjustment done
the Glider has been handed over to its owner
we went out at seal beach jetties for a shake down
shoulder high stuff
he likes it
it turns and glides good through sections
we were gonna go out on sunday but the waves died out
my buddy Fred
Yeah, yeah, yeah!!!
Join the club, eh?
Great job, Ken!
A rockin’ swell last Sunday on Lake Superior! Killin’ it on my garage built 10 foot epoxy.
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some where in this thread people were posting some old guns
I just retrieved this Conneticuit Valley Arms 45 cal mountain rifle
I built this ftom a kit in the late 70's
its been stored for 30 plus years
Ken, nice “Hawken”. What’s more, you provided me with an excuse to post my latest black powder replica:
(Colt Navy 1851 model, silver-plated, by Pietta Firearms.)
Kensurf, is that a hickory stock or ash? Or what??
tblank
its maple
balsa
not a hawken,, "mountain rifle" its a discontinued model, but known for accuracy,, 32" barrel
is your navy model 36 cal?,,,, I had one long ago but it got pilfredged by my ex wife,, to this day she wont owe up to taking it
Ken, over here “Mountain rifles” and “Hawken rifles” are pretty much synonymous. What’s the difference? From what I read, the Hawken brothers themselves called their guns “Rocky Mountains rifles”.
Unfortunately, Pietta firearms have been known to take some liberties with history in their replicas production and this so-called Navy 1851 is actually a .44… The same goes for this one:
…sold as a “Police 1862”. The “real” Police 1862 Model was built on the Baby Dragoon .31 frame, unlike this one, and was a .36 caliber (this one is a .44). OK, not historically correct, but I like them both.
Thanks Ken. You got an even finish on it.
balsa
the Hawken was 50 and 54 cal with brass fixtures and 28" barrel, with a single barrel wedge
from what I know the CVA mountain rifle may have been a design of their own,,???
they had 45 and 50 cal. barrels are interchangable
mountain rifle has two barrel wedges and silver patch box, all other fixtures are steel
heres a Hawken and a pic of my Mountain Rifle side by side
edit,, just looked into Hawkens and the old ones have much longer barrels34, 35" rather than the 28" ones on the newer ones
