Tony50ae
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While visiting family over the holidays, my Uncle informed me he would be giving me some of his guns. Of course I was happy to receive them. I credit my Uncle for my interest in guns. One of the guns is a CVA Hawken rifle. He said he had fired it may be a handful of times. He mostly bought it to hang it up on a wall.
So I did my research and learned about it and came here also to learn about Black Powder shooting. I cleaned the gun. I took off the brass hardware and polished it as it was heavily tarnished. Bought some Bore Butter, caps, .490 balls, a nipple wrench and a capper at Academy. Still need to buy a ball puller, a ball starter, and of course the powder and powder measure. Plus will buy pillow ticking patches. They had no powder and neither did two gun stores in the area I frequent. I was looking for pyrodex. But now I will go online and buy actual black powder. I can't wait to shoot it. Always wanted to get into BP shooting and this is a good way to start. In the meantime I will keep reading and learning.
So I did my research and learned about it and came here also to learn about Black Powder shooting. I cleaned the gun. I took off the brass hardware and polished it as it was heavily tarnished. Bought some Bore Butter, caps, .490 balls, a nipple wrench and a capper at Academy. Still need to buy a ball puller, a ball starter, and of course the powder and powder measure. Plus will buy pillow ticking patches. They had no powder and neither did two gun stores in the area I frequent. I was looking for pyrodex. But now I will go online and buy actual black powder. I can't wait to shoot it. Always wanted to get into BP shooting and this is a good way to start. In the meantime I will keep reading and learning.
