Description
This .50 caliber Invest Arm Hawken percussion rifle is in excellent condition and is ready to shoot. This rifle is very similar in shape to rifles produced by Thompson Center. This factory finished rifle is stocked in European walnut, with brass furniture, and blued 28″ barrel. Weight is 8.5 pounds, and with a trigger reach of 14-1/8 inches, the rifle is perfectly setup for today’s typical to large man size shooter. The factory polished blued barrel is .50 caliber, 15/16″ octagon, 28″ length. The bore is bright, clean, and ready to go, with crisp rifling grooves. We recommend our .490″ round ball, .015″ patch, over a charge of 70 grains of GOEX FFg black powder. The barrel is fitted with a blued bead front sight and elevation and windage adjustable rear sight. The breech end of the barrel has a few light scratches in the bluing. The walnut stock has been factory finished with a satin varnish. The stock has only a few minor handling marks. The brass furniture is just starting to mellow. The buttstock is fitted with a large oval capbox. The beaver tail cheek piece is shaped for a right hand shooter. The hooked breech allows the barrel to be easily dismounted for cleaning without risk of wetting the stock with water containing black powder residue. To dismount the barrel, put the lock on half cock, withdraw the ramrod, drift the key past the underlug, and the barrel can be lifted from the barrel channel for ease of cleaning. Remove the nipple and place the breech end of the barrel in a bucket of soapy water. Run a wet patch down and up the bore, the pumping action will flush all the fouling from the barrel. Once the bore is clean, run a dry patch down the bore to pick up any moisture followed by an oily patch. Dry and oil the exterior then reassemble the rifle. The color case hardened percussion lock is factory engraved. The breech is fitted with a 6-.75mm threaded stainless steel nipple. Order our RLGP-S if you need a spare. Double lever double set triggers are well adjusted, to fire set or unset. When the rear trigger is set (latched), the front trigger has a hair-trigger release. The adjustment screw between the triggers allows even finer or coarser adjustment, as desired. Or, turn the screw fully inboard, to disable the set trigger feature, when hunting in very cold weather.Used with a bright bore, this .50 caliber rifle will be perfect for the range or your next upcoming hunt. Order it for a ten day visual inspection. You will be delighted. Else if it does not fit you, return it in unfired condition for same-day refund. Postage is your only risk, when you order any one-of-a-kind gun from Track, whether new, used, or antique.
