Borderdogs, Pecatonica just calls it a Hawken, which is good. It comes inlet for the L&R lock, and that hammer is different than almost all original Hawkens. The inlet is larger than for a Davis lock, the correct one for the Bridger or Carson Hawkens. The LR-1400 triggers they show are both curved, which is not normal, but they probably have the straight front trigger. That inlet is different than the Ron Long PA-20 triggers. Both are good. The trigger guard looks like the one I use. The nose cap is a stamped Ted Cash, and they are much trouble to fit compared to a cast cap. The butt plate they show is not identified, but it is not the Jim Bridger buttplate, a very comfortable one to use. I would not use this one, but they do not cut for the buttplate, so you could get Track's BP-Hawk-JB-I, the Bridger. I don't know what the entry pipe is. The escutcheons and keys are in about the right place,
The stock is well shaped. I get that stock not inlet for anything except the barrel channel and ramrod hole drilled 7/16". It matches the Carson stock almost exactly, needing only about another half-inch depth to the toe line for correct drop at heel. I cut the forend shorter. I needed about 1/4" more wood behind the snail to fill that area, and this is the special order I made. I ask for hard maple with the grain running down the wrist. Previously I got their Grade CM#2, which has plenty of figure in it, costing only $15 more than CM#1 with little or no curl. But I think Hawkens are mostly made way too pretty compared to the originals, so I want plain maple for this next Carson rifle. The stock cost about $140 for CM#2 non-inlet and shipped. Track sells the same stock, inlet or not inlet, 1" and 15/16", but for the special order I go to Pecatonica.
So it depends whether you want a "Hawken" rifle or a close copy of the Bridger. It is the furniture and its location that makes a rifle look like an original. They do supply this in a 1 1/8" barrel channel size like the Bridger, as a well as 1" and 15/16". I get the 1", but have built the 15/16" for a lighter rifle. I do not recommend an 1 1/8" barrel because the only tang available is badly humped. And it will make a rifle 11 1/4 pounds, which is way too heavy for most people. And a .54 is lighter than a .50.
Here is Pecatonica's inlet Hawken stock compared to the Carson rifle, full size photo. I may have asked them not to cut the key escutcheons.
The L&R inletting is larger than the Davis lock, which I use. I sent the stock back to exchange for a non-inlet stock.
Here is the non-inlet, showing how I need more wood behind the snail.
The non-inlet compared to the Carson stock. I wanted more toe line for the 3 3/8" drop at heel to match the Carson stock. It would have worked just fine with less drop, but I wanted it exact.
The top two are my Carson copies with Pecatonica non-inlet stocks, grade CM#2. Top one has a 15/16" H&H .54 barrel, middle one a one-inch barrel, bottom is my 1 1/8" Bridger copy.
In summary, Pecatonica's halfstock Hawken non-inlet stock is the best one I know of to build a correct looking rifle. EDITED: Correct for both the Bridger and Carson Hawkens. I don't think it is worth the trouble to lower that butt plate 3/8" for a Carson. And maybe the barrel could be set back another 1/4" for a close fit behind the snail.
