The Hawken Rifle was an early US made rifle, designed by Samuel Hawken in 1823. Along with his brother, Jacob Hawken, the Samuel's designed entered production that same year, remaining in production for 47 years. Over that time the design was modified to use the percussion lock mechanism after 1835.
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| - The Hawken Rifle was an early US made rifle, designed by Samuel Hawken in 1823. Along with his brother, Jacob Hawken, the Samuel's designed entered production that same year, remaining in production for 47 years. Over that time the design was modified to use the percussion lock mechanism after 1835.
- The Hawken rifle was a muzzle loading rifle built by the Hawken brothers, and used on the prairies and in the Rocky Mountains of the United States during the early frontier days. It has become synonymous with the "plains rifle", the buffalo gun, and the fur trapper's gun. Developed in the 1820s, it was eventually displaced by breechloaders (such as the Sharps rifle) and lever-action rifles which flourished after the Civil War.
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- Hawken Type Plains Rifle
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- Approximately 10-15 pounds
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- Round shot, averaged .54 caliber
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| - The Hawken Rifle was an early US made rifle, designed by Samuel Hawken in 1823. Along with his brother, Jacob Hawken, the Samuel's designed entered production that same year, remaining in production for 47 years. Over that time the design was modified to use the percussion lock mechanism after 1835.
- The Hawken rifle was a muzzle loading rifle built by the Hawken brothers, and used on the prairies and in the Rocky Mountains of the United States during the early frontier days. It has become synonymous with the "plains rifle", the buffalo gun, and the fur trapper's gun. Developed in the 1820s, it was eventually displaced by breechloaders (such as the Sharps rifle) and lever-action rifles which flourished after the Civil War. The Hawken "plains rifle" was made by Jacob and Samuel Hawken, in their St. Louis, Missouri shop, which they ran from 1815 to 1858. Their shop continued to operate and sell rifles bearing the "Hawken" name under later owners William S. Hawken, William L. Watt, and J. P. Gemmer, until Gemmer closed down the business and retired in 1915. Samuel and Jacob were trained by their father as rifle smiths on the east coast. They moved west and opened a business in St. Louis at the beginning of the Rocky Mountain fur trade. The brothers' claim to fame is the "plains rifles" produced by their shop. They produced what their customers needed in the west, a quality gun, light enough to carry all the time, capable of knocking down big targets at long range. They called their guns "Rocky Mountain Rifles," reflecting their customers: fur trappers, traders and explorers.
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