Beautiful work, Herb! I’ll bet that was one happy gal when she got that rifle.
Dear Eterry I think I still have J. D .Bairds books but dislike Hawkens . I made two for patrons but wouldn't lug one anywhere .But then few would fool with Scots Snaphance's or Turkish Guns ? .All a matter of' taste' or lack of it . I once wrote for his magazine but he wrote like a Bulldozer driver which he was . little details like historical accuracy got er altered . Charles Hanson set the historical truth strait but by then the" Gotta get a Hawken "cult was firmly tooled up to exaggerate its place in History . Biard was at a NMLRA Western R vous on the Flathead River . Only R vous I got too via a freight train out of Spokane to Whitefish Mo ( Curtesey of Burlington Northerns excellent service . I was greeted by a Marshal with his riot gun but it was simply to check see if some cad who shot some one in Spokane had caught the freight . & I later visited Hansons Museum of the Fur Trade at Chadron Neb. Do you want the Books ?
Yes. I'll pm you.
Sorry for the late post. So, it appears that you have a nice example of a Hawken "squirrel rifle", a rifle made for the local trade by the Hawken Shop. These were generally small caliber rifles that were made
The last I heard he sold the rifle to the Hawken Shop in Oak Harbor Washington .
Dear Eterry books all wrapped up dust covers still on originally$10 new but this was 1973. Would 20 each plus a yet undetermined postage seem agreeable Views ? Will need address if OK .
