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Random photos of famous ML percussion/flint guns, or rather guns owned by either famous people or during famous events
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I was fortunate to shoot Bridger's rifle in the early 70's while the museum was having it cleaned by Les Bauska.
Relic shooter
Lucky you! I've never shot or even handled an original Hawken. I've seen a few behind glass on display in various collections, but that's as close as I've gotten to an original.
I hope to make it to the Hawken Classic later this year and maybe get to see a few of the real ones up close.
Notchy Bob
Lucky says it all, just happened to be in the right place at the right time during the Hawken craze, it was a hackle-raising experience.
Les Bauska was a well known barrel & gun maker & I often spent the night at his place when picking up barrels & attending the local gun show.
That was a double whammy weekend as Les had also just completed building a .600 Rigby nitro single shot rifle he had built for an African big game hunter & knew I was a fan of big bore guns so invited me to the range to sight it in. That one shot brought tears of pain to my eyes & I declined to fire the next cigar sized cartridge.
Relic shooter, now I'm the relic
