Anyone own the newer current model of Investarms Bridger Hawken?

[AnotherHawkenGuy]

As the title states. Does anyone here own the current model of Investarms Bridger Hawken that muzzle-loaders.com sells? Curious in regards to recent build quality and such.

 

[Gtrubicon]

I bought mine new in 2021 as a complete rifle, not a kit. It’s an incredible shooter, very accurate. The function of the rifle is flawless, its percussion and has never failed to fire a cap. The trigger is good too. For me the stock was bulky as there was a lot of extra wood. The metal to wood fit was not what I wanted but it isn’t horrible. The barrel had a lot of machining swirl marks under the bluing. Because I enjoy shooting it so much I remodeled it to my liking. I took a lot of wood off the stock, added a toe plate, filed the lock face smooth, draw filed the barrel and other aesthetic things to make it to my liking.

 

[AnotherHawkenGuy]

I bought mine new in 2021 as a complete rifle, not a kit. It’s an incredible shooter, very accurate. The function of the rifle is flawless, its percussion and has never failed to fire a cap. The trigger is good too. For me the stock was bulky as there was a lot of extra wood. The metal to wood fit was not what I wanted but it isn’t horrible. The barrel had a lot of machining swirl marks under the bluing. Because I enjoy shooting it so much I remodeled it to my liking. I took a lot of wood off the stock, added a toe plate, filed the lock face smooth, draw filed the barrel and other aesthetic things to make it to my liking.

Thanks for the reply, I was thinking of getting one in the near future. I had their Gemmer model but it was too heavy for me and was full of sanding marks so I reworked it into a better rifle and sold it to pay some bills.

 

[Ed C.]

I purchased a left hand one, complete, about 2 years ago. Only my Sharps is more accurate out to 100 yards. The hammer to nipple alignment was a little off which I fixed and I had to install a longer set trigger adjustment screw in order to get a near hair trigger on the front trigger for competition. Very happy with this gun at this point.

 

[TDM]

There has been recent, last few months, reports of quality control issues with the kits. I Love Muzzleloading has a YouTube video on this.

 

[AnotherHawkenGuy]

There has been recent, last few months, reports of quality control issues with the kits. I Love Muzzleloading has a YouTube video on this.

Thanks, I’ll check it out.

 

[AnotherHawkenGuy]

Interestingly enough I see DGW also imports the same gun but calls it a Dixie Hawken Rifle.