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Hi All, new old hunter here, but going back to my second child hood, Now to get it right I`m not an engineer or gunsmith, just a self taught metal lathe hobbyist with some hunting thrown in.
So on my lathe I have made myself a Hawkins Plains Rifle in .440 cal, rifling is 1 in 33", 6 groves, barrel is 26" long and it weighs only 7 lbs 12 oz, nice and light for hunting. I do hunt with a .308 Win and a Marlin 3030, and reload for both.
The Hawkins has just been finished, proof tested and now seeing if it will hit what I point it at,using Patched round ball and 220gr bullet. Will see if I can post some pics,Homebrew.357. PS, I see pics are down loaded using URLS ?Ithink, will try.
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