2011年11月8日 · A mountain man was more likely to be carrying an American Long Rifle than a Hawkin's half stock. In a rather in-depth article by Steve Garby in the "American Tradition" magazine he says, "The mistake typically made is that Hawken rifles were the preffered or even commonly used firearm in the early days of the western fur trade.

2014年8月28日 · Merriweather Lewis went west with 54 caliber rifles and 69 caliber muskets with the attached regular military. Clark did bring along his made by Small rifle that carried 100 balls to the pound or 36 caliber. During the mountain man era, hunters and trappers may have started west with smaller calibers from the Eastern Woodlands.

2007年11月25日 · If you own a strong barreled percussion rifle, like the T/C Hawken, or Renegade, Or the Lyman Great Plains Rifle, they can easily handle 70 grains of powder, and more, and with some of the faster ROT rifled barrels, the will fire heavy conicals just as well as the Black Powder Cartridges of the mid 19th century did.

2003年10月4日 · Hawken's being two of them. Some makers offered either. The rifle being described of Hawken manufacture with brass furniture and a buffalo on the buttrap was more than likely a early fullstock rifle that looked like the rifles the Hawkens were making in the east before they came to St. Louis, and most likely still built a few in St' Louis.

2023年1月23日 · The mountain men of old used what they could get, not necessarily what they wanted. Most would have wanted a Hawken... the original Hawken, not the ones made by T/C and others. The Jonathan Browning Mountain Rifle referenced above is allegedly a "copy" of a rifle supposedly once owned by Jim Bridger.

2022年10月26日 · The Mountain Rifle was the epitome of CVA's design and engineering. It's the best-balanced rifle I've ever put to my shoulder. The earlier models had barrels marked "Made In USA" which purportedly were from Douglas.

2004年5月1日 · 2. Maximillian- double barrel, side by side percussion shotgun, but he wasn't a mountain man. 3. Pattie page 9, he had a rifle for guard duty, the other man a musket, probably a fusil but obviously not a double barrel shotgun. 4. Meek, page 171, shot one Indian and then raised gun to fire again- must have been a swivel or double barrel shotgun. 5.

2010年11月23日 · Has anyone else watched The Sportsmen's Channel hunting show "Sasquatch - Mountain Man?" Finally a hunting show on TV devoted to traditional methods. It follows a gentleman by the name of Laramie Miller who hunts with longbows and a percussion Hawken w/pathed roundball. In the first show...

2009年1月15日 · Actually the basic pattern of a long "tube" didn't change all that much (some had one piece bodies - others two piece)- mainly the decoration increased based on comparisons with the leather cases illustrated by Catlin & A. J. Miller in teh 183's vs tha later post 1860's cases - and yes some had fringe - just one example circa 1834.....

2010年4月4日 · In fact, they called it a "Jonathan Browning Mountain Rifle" on purpose to differentiate it from the Hawken. Jonathan Browning (1805-1879) was a blacksmith and gunsmith. Whether he actually made a rifle similar to the Mountain Rifle is unknown but he was a working gunsmith in the "Mountain Man" era.