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I recently acquired a couple of rifles from the collection of the late Dr. Edward (Ed) Kollar of Taos, NM. One, I think, might of particular interest to this forum, as it MAY hold clues to a discussion about flintlock Hawken rifles on the American Longrifles forum in 2020. One post included this:
"There was another candidate for a flint Hawken presented in a Buckskin Report article back in October 1979 by Edward S. Kollar. Unfortunately, it was destroyed in a house fire before it could be examined by experts and is still a big question mark today."
The rifle in my possession has a 38.25" .50 barrel stamped GUN MAKER P. SANDERS MONTANA TERR. 82. Lock stamped P.L.S. inside. Dr. Kollar electropenciled information on buttplate indicating it was a copy of an early J&S Hawken ca. 1825. Is it conceivable that this rifle replicates the one examined by Dr. Kollar for the 79 Buckskin Report article? Expiring minds want to know.
"There was another candidate for a flint Hawken presented in a Buckskin Report article back in October 1979 by Edward S. Kollar. Unfortunately, it was destroyed in a house fire before it could be examined by experts and is still a big question mark today."
The rifle in my possession has a 38.25" .50 barrel stamped GUN MAKER P. SANDERS MONTANA TERR. 82. Lock stamped P.L.S. inside. Dr. Kollar electropenciled information on buttplate indicating it was a copy of an early J&S Hawken ca. 1825. Is it conceivable that this rifle replicates the one examined by Dr. Kollar for the 79 Buckskin Report article? Expiring minds want to know.
