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Here is the rifle. The bottom picture, the rear sight, is taken/copied from the original S. Hawken Taylor built this rifle to emulate. The sight has since been replaced with a wide "V" Express-type sight as that is a better hunting sight for the 'bush'. This rifle's only finish, is beeswax - stock heated, wax applied, heated and applied, etc, etc until the stock would not absorb any more - then buffed. It is not sticky and does not absorb ANY water. It is also VERY easily re-applied using the hot air blower used for shrinking model airplane wing and fuselage coverings.
The barrel tapers either 1 1/8" to 1" at the muzzle.
Taylor built this rifle to compete against my 14 bore at 200yards. It does very well indeed, but has yet to beat the big girl for score - maybe next summer. I have witnessed Taylor put 5 consecutive shots into 2 1/2" off the bags at 200yards with this rifle. There was no wind, of course. On another occasion, it managed 5 shots into 3". These were with the full buckhorn sight as pictured, which is used as an aperture sight.
The barrel is rust blued, as-is the rear sight. The other steel parts are cased, as-was the original.

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Daryl

"a gun without hammers is like a Spaniel without ears" King George V

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