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Even today, not much has changed; for the man who seeks a muzzleloading rifle for target, hunting big game, or just pride of ownership, it is hard to beat a traditional handmade Hawken style rifle.
Spectacular fullstock Hawken-style rifle featuring a super grade maple stock upgrade using Don Stith's original pattern. The heart of the rifle is a custom Bob Roller Ashmore-style lock with "waterproof" pan and roller frizzen.
Kit Carson Rifles. A very close copy of the Kit Carson S. HAWKEN rifle on display at the Montezuma Lodge in New Mexico.
Recently completed non-tapered barrel Hawken featuring a 1" x 36" H&H radius groove .56 caliber barrel, fancy maple stock, TOW hardware, R.E. Davis lock and Davis double set trigger, browned barrel and trigger guard, case hardened and colored furniture and fire blued screws.
Stock Wood and Finish. I take a bit of artistic license with the maple stock wood that I use. The original guns were generally pretty plain-stocked guns, but there are examples with nice figured wood. I use fancy grade maple on all of my stocks unless otherwise specified.
They feature matching Bob Roller locks and Rice custom barrels that are 10" long, 15/16" across the flats, .54 caliber with 1x20" twist rate. The stocks are rock-hard extra-fancy maple with aqua fortis stain and hand-rubbed oil finish; the checkering is 18 L.P.I.
Available Now. I occasionally finish a rifle that has not been spoken for and does not have a home. These are few and far between but I will list them here when they are available.
Fullstock percussion J&S Hawken style rifle featuring 1"x7/8"x36" .54 cal. barrel, fancy wood, upgraded Bob Roller lock, and upgraded color case hardened furniture. Weight is 8lb 7 oz. Sold
WB Selb Custom Hawken Rifles. TAPER BARRELED GUNS are the “classic” Hawken halfstock configuration. These rifles are my favorites and are generally 1 1/8” at the breech and taper to 1” at the muzzle. They are available at 34” or 36” in length.
A very interesting rifle found in a cave in Texas in the 1920's. Note the "Hawken" type features, namely the trigger guard and oval escutchens, made in Soligan, Germany, probably in the 1850's. Just goes to show that then, as now, good ideas were incorporated and copied by other makers.