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Investarm™ Gemmer Hawken Rifle Kit - .50 Cal Flintlock - IA3410K
$679.00

Investarm™ Gemmer Hawken Rifle Kit - .50 Cal Flintlock - IA3410K


The rifle carried across the Great Plains and Rocky Mountains by western pioneers and trappers was the pinnacle of the modern percussion firearms development of the mid-nineteenth century. Originally designed and built by such famous makers as Hawken, Gemmer and Demick, the Gemmer Hawken Rifle represents durable design in a big bore caliber with plenty of knockdown power. 

Original price $679.00 - Original price $679.00
Original price
$679.00
$679.00 - $679.00
Current price $679.00
SKU IA3410K

Description


The rifle carried across the Great Plains and Rocky Mountains by western pioneers and trappers was the pinnacle of the modern percussion firearms development of the mid-nineteenth century. Originally designed and built by such famous makers as Hawken, Gemmer and Demick, the Gemmer Hawken Rifle represents durable design in a big bore caliber with plenty of knockdown power. No other factory assembled rifle offers the authentic style and design of Investarm's Gemmer Hawken Rifle.

The Hawken rifle was originally produced by brothers Jacob and Samuel Hawken, in their St. Louis, Missouri shop founded in 1815. 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. Ashley and his men are credited with the creation of the rendezvous system, in which Native Americans and trappers would meet to trade goods, money and furs.

The Hawken brothers custom made each one of their rifles by hand. This attention to detail gained Hawken rifles a reputation for both durability and long-range accuracy. A 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. In 1864 the Hawken Shop was purchased by J.P. Gemmer, a longtime employee, who held true to tradition and maintained the "Hawken" quality until the shop closed in 1915. Our reproduction maintains the integrity of many of the original features of the Hawken rifle, while integrating modern technology for today’s shooter. Historically, these guns were .50 or .54 caliber with octagonal barrels of 33 to 36 inches. The hardwood stocks had a curved cheek piece, double-set triggers and front blade sights with furniture and butt plates fashioned from iron. Our reproduction integrates these classic features with a lighter 32-inch barrel, blackened hardware and modern precision manufacturing of all component parts.

This Classic Plains Hawken offers legendary high-quality features such as a 32" barrel with 1 in 60" twist rate for patched ball hunting loads, double set triggers and Hawken style percussion "snail" with clean-out screw. The rifle includes a separate ramrod entry thimble and nose cap, and reliable coil spring lock with correct lock plate. The Investarm™ Gemmer Hawken Rifle is available in .45 to .54 caliber and flintlock or percussion configurations. The Flintlock Investarm™ Gemmer Hawken Rifle Kit is an attractive, traditional muzzleloader that is rugged, well built and meant to last a lifetime.

Specifications

Caliber
.50 CALIBER
Barrel
32" BLUED BARREL
Barrel Twist Rate
1:60"
Stock
OIL FINISHED EUROPEAN HARDWOOD STOCK
Barrel Width
15/16"
Adjustable Trigger
DOUBLE-SET STYLE TRIGGER
Custom Wooden Ramrod
CLEANING JAG INCLUDED
Sights
ADJUSTABLE IRON SIGHTS
Overall Length
50" LENGTH
Total Weight
9.1 LBS
Assembly Instructions INCLUDED
Ignition
FLINTLOCK IGNITION
Limited Warranty
INVESTARM LIMITED WARRANTY

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Customer Reviews

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Dave L.
Kit building

I have been building muzzleloaders for almost 40 years now. No one builds a kit like this expecting to save money and get an authentic product.
These kits are a great starting place for someone who doesn't have the skill or time to carve a stock. There is enough wood in these stocks that, after some research and patience, you can finish a really nice looking rifle.
The value of a kit like this is that you can make a really nice looking gun and put your own sweat into it and wind up with something that looks ten times better than the factory made one.
Dispense with practicality and logic. No one who shoots black powder does so out of sound logic and practicality. With research and a bit of time, a kit like this can look like a million bucks.
My first muzzle loading gun was a Safari Arms Investarms Hawken kit.

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RFD
Investarms Gemmer-Hawken Flintlock .50 Kit

I've assembled lots of these kind of offshore "screwdriver" trad muzzleloader kits, the last 2 were Lyman (Investarms) GPRs. In comparison, the Gemmer kit is essentially a GPR kit. Without doing any stock woodwork/finishing, once these kit guns are literally screwed together they can be loaded/shot. However, there's always a bit of fitting of some parts to the stock, particularly the lock to its stock mortise.

For this kit, I had to relieve some wood in the stock's bbl channel to allow the bbl to fit. The coil spring flint lock that comes with the kit is decent and will work well enough, but I prefer the better L&R RPL05 lock and that's what I installed - this lock requires a Lot of lock mortise work and is probably not for a newbie to gunsmith work.

It takes rasps, files, scrapers, and sandpaper to take the proud stock wood down to the metal furniture. This can take some time in order to make it both fit and look good = lots of elbow grease. The wood sealing and finish can be any clear coat and staining is optional. Browning the bbl is optional, I prefer to leave them in-the-white to patina on their own as was sometimes done back in that era.

In essence, you don't need to be a gunsmith to build these kits, but you do need to have some hand tool skills along with some time and patience.

For saving $100-$150 by building the kit, you need to weigh the cost versus the work efforts.

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Gemmer hawken .50 cal kit

After building several kits, long rifle, and trade guns I thought I would try this Hawken, ( Built a TC Hawken in the 70's that I still hunt with) I would strongly suggest if a first time builder that you think again. To begin with, the trigger won't fire the lock I am still working with that, the wedge pins fall out of the barrel tenons and will not hold the barrel in place, stock requires a lot of wood removal be ready for that. Have rasps, files and lots of sandpaper.
If I had to do it over I would save my money and buy a Kibbler.
I have no complaints with the merchant and would use them again. My low rating is for this product only.