Mormon pioneer John Brown, J&S Hawken

[reddogge]

The article above states the rifle is 56 1/2" long so if you deduct a standard pull of 13 1/2" plus another 1 1/2" to the breech you'd get 41.5". That would be pretty close, maybe 42".

[Habu]

Does anyone know the barrel length on the John Brown rifle ?

I don't have the barrel length; as best I recall it was about the length of the rifle I was shooting most at the time (a Henry copy with a 39" barrel). 

FWIW, the barrel of the other full-stock Hawken I mentioned earlier measures ~41 3/8" from the face of the breechplug to the muzzle.  Depending on which flats you measure, it is ~1.19" at the breech tapering to ~1.06" at the muzzle.  Twist is 1:48, bore is .52-.53".

[Dphariss]

A little late to the party bout would LOVE to seen the cheekpiece on this rifle.

Dan

A pic Notchy Bob posted on another forum:



Hey, it worked!

I got to handle the rifle about 30 years ago.  If the pic isn't clear, the bottom of the cheek piece face has a flat, not a slash or bead.

I was looking for a small detail that has appeared on 2 different FS rifles that are later than this rifle. One is a heavy Kentucky and the other a fullstocked “Mountian Rifle”. These are both in the Firearms Museum wing of the Cody Museum. But are now much harder to find that previously.