How Made This "Hawken"

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Here’s my WAG:
Could it be a Green River Rifle Works?
I heard the employees were allowed to build rifles in their spare time- maybe WAS worked there and built it for Big Joe Lynn?

Seen no evidence that WAS was working at GRRW but that is based on no real research on my part.

My assessment lacking actual information, WAS was a professional level gun stocker. He had much more experience stocking that the 6 guns inferred by my No. 6. Inletting is near perfect for the most part. The finish is immaculate....not a goober to be seen. Plus finish is a "poly something" than suggests the vaunted 'eggshell' beloved by John Bivens. Something I have found impossible to do with poly anything. Guessing he mainly stocked/built modern rifles and perhaps dabbled in muzzleloaders. This may account for old timer blackpowder shooters never having heard of him.

 

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https://obits.gazette.com/us/obituaries/gazette/name/joseph-o-brien-obituary?id=9203442
This one retired in 1980
https://www.silive.com/obituaries/2014/11/joseph_obrien_83.html

 

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For those who care, here is a data base of American Gun Makers, pre modern

https://www.earmi.it/USA Gunmakers/A.html

 

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https://obits.gazette.com/us/obituaries/gazette/name/joseph-o-brien-obituary?id=9203442
This one retired in 1980
https://www.silive.com/obituaries/2014/11/joseph_obrien_83.html

O'brien is a popular name. Frosty861 discovered a Joe Lynn O'Brien born DEC1952 in Monahan TX. I found an address for such a name but was distracted by urgent family matters and have not been able to find the address again. Confess to be challenged by computers

 

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For those who care, here is a data base of American Gun Makers, pre modern

https://www.earmi.it/USA Gunmakers/A.html

What an incrediable data base. Seems all pre 1900 gunsmiths unless I missed something.