Our reproduction maintains the integrity of many of the original features of the Hawken rifle, while integrating modern technology for today’s shooter. Great Plains, Great Plains Hunter, Trade Rifle, Plains Pistol as. This attention to detail gained Hawken rifles a reputation for both durability and long-range accuracy.Ī number of famous men are said to have owned Hawken rifles, including Auguste Lacome, Hugh Glass, Jim Bridger, Kit Carson, Joseph Meek, Jedediah Strong Smith and Theodore Roosevelt. Serial numbers for Lyman black powder rifles and pistols can be found where the barrel meets the tang, opposite of the lock. The Hawken brothers custom made each one of their rifles by hand. The earliest known record of a Hawken rifle dates back to 1823 when one was custom made for William Henry Ashley, a gun powder manufacturer turned fur trader, who used it in his expeditions up the Missouri river to the interior of the Western United States.Īshley and his men are credited with the creation of the rendez-vous system, in which Native Americans and trappers would meet to trade goods, money and furs. The Hawken rifle was originally produced by brothers Jacob and Samuel Hawken, in their St. Connecticut, for receiving, storing and repairing arms after the.
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