Buck Conner1
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Most folks don’t know that Sam Hawken spent a few years of the last part of his life in Denver after he sold out of the St Louis shop to Gemmer. He made a few rifles while he was there. Styles had changed by then, the fur trade was done with, the buffalo were pretty well wiped out but the Denver crowd still enjoyed shooting, target as well as hunting. So here is a S. Hawken Denver Sporting-Target Rifle- My conception of a Sam Hawken made Sporting-Target rifle done Denver style, usable either in the field or for target competition.
Beautiful 4A maple perch-belly stock (which was the style by then), carved from the plank, Colerain 1″ x 36″ 50 caliber octagon barrel for patched round ball fitted with English Manton style hook breeching including separate short tang, best quality English imported percussion lock with drip bar to fit, but western style hammer, not yet rust antique blued. Long bar pop-up adjustable rear sight for longer range shooting mounted on a short breech rail, hooded target sight, which was perfectly acceptable on Denver style rifles. English style fore-end with brass cap, 3/8th” ramrod with double brass end tapped for accessories. This s a GRRW Collector’s Ass’n rifle # H- 25, also carries my GBW cipher.
Doc White
Beautiful 4A maple perch-belly stock (which was the style by then), carved from the plank, Colerain 1″ x 36″ 50 caliber octagon barrel for patched round ball fitted with English Manton style hook breeching including separate short tang, best quality English imported percussion lock with drip bar to fit, but western style hammer, not yet rust antique blued. Long bar pop-up adjustable rear sight for longer range shooting mounted on a short breech rail, hooded target sight, which was perfectly acceptable on Denver style rifles. English style fore-end with brass cap, 3/8th” ramrod with double brass end tapped for accessories. This s a GRRW Collector’s Ass’n rifle # H- 25, also carries my GBW cipher.
Doc White