Because they are new to me I'm wondering what the general opinion is of the Lone Star Rolling Block. Thanks

Jon
A couple of my friends have Lone Star rollers. They’re gorgeous, and highly regarded by everyone that’s seen and handled them. I’ve never had the opportunity to shoot them. I think I can arrange for you to see them if you want.

I have had a couple of them.  One was a "Cowboy Action" style in 38-55 the other I still have is a Target Model also in 38-55.  Both were LS production and not military rebuilds.
The quality was excellent.  Fit and finish top notch.  The CC on both was very attractive.
The Target Model has a 30" full octagon barrel, PG stock and DST.
I've had Rollers with SST (the "RB97" Models) and the DST are better than those.
I think Dan copied the DST system from one of the Western Gunsmiths who did this conversion back in the day.
The Target Model I've used for Silhouette competition out to 500M and found it to be very accurate.
I'd have no reservation buying another one.

I can only imagine how nice a pure "Lone Star" must be. I sent him my beat 1902 carbine and stock blanks and asked for a 50-70 hunting rifle. He rebated the receiver, reshaped the block and hammer, tweaked the trigger, color cased the action, cut and inlet the wood, provided the forearm cap and butt plate, and mounted an octagon barrel and my requested sights and this is what I got back.

To my eye the straight grip Roller as shown is the finest looking, sleekest rifle of the era. And they carry so nicely in a scabbard on your horse.

Dave H. made some very nice rifles.  As others have said, he produced a variety of stuff over the years, some originals restored, some military conversions of varying degrees, and some of his own customs from castings made by Thompson Center for him.

He was very good, near the end of his production.  Not so much so at the beginning.   

When he first started, he was THE only rolling block man that advertised openly.  I had no interest in blackpowder cartridge stuff, but acquired a cheap rolling block without the breech block, and thought I could make a nice high power 7mm rifle on it.  Sent off to Wescombe for a breech block, and he sent me one.  It was the wrong type for a rotary extractor.  Knowing Dave H was THE rolling block man, I sent him the block, and called him to talk.  He told me he had to anneal it to machine it, which would cost a rehardening and reblue.  I reluctantly told him to proceed.

He sent me back a badly carburized block, that he had machined for the wrong extractor (more like a .50-70 rotary than a 7mm).  He had machined off center also, so that the collar the extractor rides on was cut through all the way to the pin.  It was totally ruined and worthless for a 7mm.  I called him, and he told me "I did you a favor, now you can build it into a rimmed BPCR rifle, and the off center won't matter because the pin will hold it in place anyway".   

That episode was the first experience that made me realize I needed to get my own mill and lathe, and learn to do proper work myself.  I think I scrapped that rifle for parts, which was the start of me selling rolling block parts online.  I purchased a 50-70 barreled action from Ellwood Epps at that time and started in on gunsmithing it to learn how.

Around that time, a friend ordered a full custom rifle.  It was in the first 5 serial numbers that Dave produced.  That rifle was delivered with an obviously broken forearm that had been amateurishly glued back together.  When that friend complained, he was told something to the effect that every maker has mistakes that they correct before it's shipped out to the customer, there's nothing wrong with it, it's glued securely and that's as good as we will do.

He did get better as he got more skilled and more financially secure.  Some of his later rifles were quite good.

He never even came close to the workmanship of Curt Hardcastle, nor the skill of John King.

I guess that I was lucky then that my rifle was completed just very shortly before the accident. I can't imagine it having turned out any better.