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Hawken rifle
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TheHunter: Call of the Wild | "Hudzik .50 Caplock" | Optional Telescopic Scope | 2017 | |
| Days Gone | Unusable; appears as part of a statue of Peter Skene Ogden | 2019 |