New .58 caliber Hawken type Rifle

[OldMaineWoodsman]

Very nice but I'd like to see the whole rifle, not just portions of it.

 

[reddogge]

Thanks, that made a world of difference. Great rifle.

 

[William O.]

The one on top is a .54 caliber. It has a 36" J. Goodoien barrel, engraved Bob Roller lock, a checkered wrist with curly maple stock. The lock, trigger guard, and butt plate are color cased, which have aged (faded) to a mottled gray. The nose cap is pewter, but the ram rod thimble, patch box, and toe plate are nickel plated. The stock is slightly thicker than the one below. The only thing I can think of was it was intended as a competition or just fancied up rifle. I do not know who built it. 7

The bottom one is the .58 caliber that I just received. 36"À Rice barrel, with browned iron furniture. Both rifles have a browned barrel.

Both rifles are quite nice as well as correct handed. I especially like the checkered stock on the walnut side stocked rifle.
I picked up a .53 Hawken, walnut stock and of course, correct handed, seven years ago. The patch box and just about everything else is Nickel silver with the barrel being browned but what drew me to buy it was the 15 inch length of pull, which fits my 6'8"A frame nicely. It is a chunk, ten pounds at least.

 

[300redbeard]

Gorgeous! Inspirational as well. I’m looking into building a .62 tapered with walnut stock.

 

[Steve Wagner]

Beautiful, elegant simplicity. Congrats ! SW

 

[Duk]

That is a sharp looking rifle