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Hawken rifle

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Thompson Center reproduction Hawken Plains Rifle - .50 caliber
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Hawken Rifle - .30 caliber
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Hawken Rifle - .50 caliber

The Hawken rifle was a brand of black powder long rifle used on the prairies and in the Rocky Mountains of the United States during the frontier days of the Mountain Man. It has become synonymous with the "plains rifle", the "buffalo gun", and the "fur trapper's gun". Born in the 1820s, it was eventually displaced by breechloaders (such as the Sharps rifle) and lever-action rifles which flourished after the Civil War. During the 1970s a boom in popularity of muzzle-loader hunting resulted in many reproduction Hawken rifles, many of which were greatly simplified from the originals.

Specifications

  • Weight: Approximately 10-15 pounds
  • Caliber: Round shot, averaged .54 caliber
  • Action: Flintlock and percussion cap (after about 1835)
  • Rate of Fire: User-dependent
  • Muzzle velocity: Variable
  • Effective range: 200 yards
  • Feed system: Muzzle loaded
  • Sights: Open blade sight

The Hawken rifle has been seen in the following:

Film

Title Actor Character Note Date
Jeremiah Johnson Robert Redford Jeremiah Johnson 1972
The Mountain Men Brian Keith Henry Frapp 1980
Quigley Down Under Laura San Giacomo Cora 1990
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III Walker's men Flintlock 1993
Watchmen displayed in The Comedian's apartment 2009
True Grit "Bear Man" / Dr. Forrester 2010
12 Years a Slave Benedict Cumberbatch William Ford 2013
The Homesman 2014
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs Seen among prospector's belongings 2018
News of the World Neil Sandilands Wilhelm Leonberger 2020

Television

Title Actor Character Note Date
In Search for Captain Grant (V poiskakh kapitana Granta) Lembit Ulfsak Jacques Paganel 1986
Mail Call Civil War cavalry re-enactor
Wild Boys 2011
Revolution Allan Graf Caleb "Pilot" (S1E01) 2012
The Son - Season 1 Jacob Lofland younger Eli McCullough 2017

Video Games

Game Title Appears As Mods Notes Release Date
Days Gone Unusable; appears as part of a statue of Peter Skene Ogden 2019