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Investarm™ Bridger Hawken Rifle Kit - .50 Cal Percussion - IA2110K
$539.00
$559.00

Investarm™ Bridger Hawken Rifle Kit - .50 Cal Percussion - IA2110K


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. These parties included Jim Bridger and many other explorers who would later become famous mountain men. For the next 20 years, Bridger repeatedly traversed the continental interior between the US and border and the southern boundary of present-day Colorado, and from the Missouri River westward, always with his hawken rifle by his side.

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SKU IA2110K

Description


Jim Bridger carried the Hawken rifle as he traversed the Great Plains and Rocky Mountains of the western interior. In fact, a number of famous trappers and explorers owned Hawken rifles, including Auguste Lacome, Hugh Glass, Kit Carson, Joseph Meek, Jedediah Smith and Theodore Roosevelt. The rifle 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 & Demick, the 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 Bridger 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. These parties included Jim Bridger and many other explorers who would later become famous mountain men. For the next 20 years, Bridger repeatedly traversed the continental interior between the US and border and the southern boundary of present-day Colorado, and from the Missouri River westward, always with his Hawken rifle by his side.

This Bridger Hawken Rifle Kit offers high-quality features such as a 28" barrel with 1 in 48" 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™ Bridger Hawken Rifle is available in .45 to .54 caliber and flintlock or percussion configurations. The Investarm Bridger Hawken Rifle is an attractive, traditional muzzleloader that is rugged, well built and meant to last a lifetime.

Specifications

Caliber
.50 CALIBER
Barrel
28" STEEL BARREL
Barrel Twist Rate
1:48"
Stock
OIL FINISHED EUROPEAN HARDWOOD STOCK
Barrel Width
15/16"
Adjustable Trigger
DOUBLE-SET STYLE TRIGGER
Custom Wooden Ramrod
INCLUDED
Sights
ADJUSTABLE REAR SIGHT
Overall Length
46" LENGTH
Total Weight
8.6 LBS
Detailed Instructions INCLUDED
Ignition
HAWKEN-STYLE PERCUSSION W/ COIL SPRING LOCK
Limited Warranty
INVESTARM LIMITED WARRANTY

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Customer Reviews

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Frank A.
Investarm Kit

Nice Kit. The instructions were very thorough, but could use more images. Overall a really fun build and a great kit!

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Jerry J.
Awesome Kit

This thing is great and went together easy. Thanks Muzzleloaders.com for the help and service!

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John
Ok Build

Rifle requires more time than I expected, brass work especially. Ramrod recess in the stock was not fully finished and required an additional 7" channel cut into the interior of the stock to accommodate the ramrod. Very tedious and labor intensive. I have built kits in the past that have been much easier.

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Michael
OK but not worth the extra cost

First off the website description says European walnut stock . What came in the kit is definitely not walnut and does not resemble the web site photo at all . I am not sure of the kind of wood but it is very light colored , maybe pine or maple .

The trigger will work to fire the gun but the second preset trigger does nothing at all . Maybe I got a bad trigger set but again in a kit that is over $500 this should not happen .
The stock was not inletted for the ramrod , there was basically a pilot t hole and the rest had to be drilled out . This might be part of what your expected to do to build the kit but its more than basic woodwork . There were 2 screws the fasten the ramrod assembly to the barrel that the threads would not work . I had to order 2 different screws then cut them down to fit .

The assembly of the gun and finish of the gun stock took approximately 40 hours and I did not mind that at all and I enjoyed putting it together.

in the end I got nice looking gun although it has a not so great trigger . I would have been fine with the extra cost over a traditions kit if it actually did have a walnut stock and a trigger that worked properly but overall I can not see where the extra $$ is justified