Jonathon Browning Mountain Rifle input

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I have one of these fine hawken reproduction rifles in .50 caliber, iron furniture. Was wondering if fellow Browning owners could please take three barrel measurements and post it here?
Mine seems to be 1 inch at the breech and same midway up the barrel and 1 inch nearest the muzzle flats too. Wish to know if the .45 and .54 variants are of identical barrel profile or otherwise?

Thank you folks!
 
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Great gun ,I had one years ago I should’ve not sold it was scary accurate.Their only Achilles heal is their lock as parts for it are just about unobtainable.Buy any spare lock parts you ever can find
 
I sent mine off to L&R Lock Company (just the lock) when the mainspring failed.
They replaced it and gave me a spare at the cost of one. Although it ruined my deer season, within 5 weeks I had it back.
Thank you.
Edit: This is my only muzzleloading rifle. So chances are very good u have more experience than me. It will say though, with 100 grains of 3F Goex, I could easily keep three shots into an 8 inch Shoot-N-Cee at 100 yards from a rest. If I did my part, and dry patch between shots.
 
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They have deep rifling which aids in accuracy.The one I had was in 45 cal and a tack driver.It s too bad they are not made anymore.I also like the rams horn on the breech plug.
I have a few muzzleloaders a Swiss 1851 Feldstutzer,an English sporting rifle,custom Renner 62 cal boxlock a,PH Enfield musketoon ,1861 Springfield a Navy Arms Buffalo rifle in 58 cal plus some muzzleloading shotguns.Muzzleloaders are like candy you just can t get enough of them
 
They are great rifles I wish they made one in 58 … I would use the same load of 85-100 gr 3fg in my .54 but I would wipe with a patch after loading slightly damp with ballistol and the groups were great
 
My favourite is this Vollmer replica of a 1851 Feldstutzer which was considered the state of the art for military muzzleloading rifles of it s day.The Swiss Army at the time consisted of citizen soldiers and their idea was basically to have a army of snipers and these rifles were militarized target rifles.IMG_0441.jpeg
 
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I am certain we could banter about this until the cows come home. However, to my eyes this fine Browning made hawken replica heavily resembles Jim Bridger's caplock. The .52 caliber one. With the 32(?)inch barrel. What calibre is your nice rifle Chasseur?

Thoughts ??
 
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I see Jim Kibler will soon be offering a Hawken rifle kit.I wish he would of done a nice 58 cal English flintlock sporting rifle.Myself I have a matchlock build planned once I get all the parts together for it
 
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