The Accidental Vintage Repro Hawken Collection

[D. Taylor Sapergia]

You have an impressive contemporary Hawken collection.  I see you do not have a Fraser River Hawken from Prince George, BC.  During the late seventies and early eighties, a gunsmith called Don Robinson had a vision to supply Canadians in particular with a quailty locally made Hawken rifle.  Only 176 were made over three years...this is one - Robinson sn 5.  this is my personal rifle.  It now resides in Finland.




These rifles show up at gun shows and at rendezvous from time to time and go for between $1200 - $2000 CDN...still underpriced for the value, imo!

[SR James]

Taylor, I've heard of the Fraser River Hawken but have never seen one.  Thanks for the pics.  I'll keep my eye open but won't hold my breath if only 176 were made.

[Hawken2012]

This past June I purchased an unfired Ozark Mountain Arms Hawken rifle.  The man I purchased it from had a huge gun collection and he bought it new in the early 1980's and never shot it. 

The rifle is serial number 992.  It has a 1 inch straight .54 caliber Green Mountain barrel 33 inches long.  It uses a Ron Long designed Hawken lock.  The triggers are by Walter Cain.  I had assumed they were L&R, like most Ozark Mountain Arms Hawkens had, but they are not.  I only live 20 minutes from Track of the Wolf and we compared them to a set they have, and the triggers are indeed by Walter Cain. 

It is a joy to shoot and extremely accurate! 

[nosrettap1958]

I wonder if that was just a replace trigger set. Interesting.

[Hawken2012]

I don't believe they are a replacement. The inletting is perfect in the stock for the trigger plate. The L&R plate is slightly longer, so I think it was originally built with the Walter Cain triggers. Not sure how they ended up on the gun.  Perhaps it's what they had on hand or it was a special request by the customer?  Track did say the Cain triggers were a more expensive trigger assembly for the time.   

[SR James]

Very nice!  Congratulations.

[nosrettap1958]

Yea but I didn't think you could special order components on an Ozark Mountain. That beats the heck out of me how you got that trigger set on your Hawken. But a very interesting turn in this story.

[ScottNE]

Moderators, would it be possible for some of the pictures here to be revived?

[rich pierce]

Moderators, would it be possible for some of the pictures here to be revived?

I did what I could.

[ScottNE]

Moderators, would it be possible for some of the pictures here to be revived?

I did what I could.

Thank you Rich, much appreciated!