Known as the mountain
man's gun, the rugged Hawken rifle was the choice of many trappers,
Santa Fe traders, and other hardy adventurers who ventured across the
wide Missouri. The inherent weaknesses of the slender, smaller caliber
Kentucky rifles revealed the need for a more powerful arm to shoot
bigger and more dangerous western game, as well as a shorter, sturdier
rifle to use on horseback. Heavy, large-bored, muzzle loaders were
produced by many makers, mostly around St. Louis, Missouri, where the
style was originated by gunsmiths Jacob and Samuel Hawken. Produced
from the early 1800s through the 1870s, the Hawken plains rifle was the
best known of the breed. Hawken customers included such frontier
luminaries as Kit Carson, Jim Bridger, John "Liver Eating" Johnston,
Mariano Modena, the "Pathfinder" John C. Fremont and William F. Cody. Here we offers one of the finest made muzzle loading rifles on
the market today. A .54 caliber Santa Fe Hawken wears a color case
hardened lock and hammer, a Walnut stock with a 15 inch LOP, a custom, shallow groove,
fast 1 in 24-inch twist rifling, and a 32-inch, browned octagon,
Sharps-style barrel with a buckhorn rear and a German silver blade front
sight. Armed with a Santa Fe Hawken, you'll be the pride of
the rendezvous!Price by others at OVER $2000.00
