Pawnshop Hawken

[Rhyno]

I thought I’d share my pawnshop find and project. I’ve passively wanted a Hawken rifle for a long time. Probably ever since watching the movie Jeremiah Johnson. Last February I found this at a local pawnshop for $90. I couldn’t believe it! It seemed to be in rough shape but I thought I’d give it a go. I didn’t do much more than clean it up and polish up the brass. The barrel seems to be unpitted and it fires great. Now I have my .50 Hawken.

Here’s before…

Here’s after the cleaning and polishing…

 

[Phil Coffins]

Good find and nice job on the clean up.

 

[ORBushman]

Congrats and I'd say that ole Hawken cleaned up pretty nice!

Edited for lack of knowledge!

 

[Dale Allen Raby]

Congrats and I'd say that ole T/C cleaned up pretty nice!

Not a T/C... look at the bolster. Maybe an old CVA, but a nice gun for less than a hundred bucks...

 

[64Springer]

Purdy.

 

[chorizo]

Congrats and I'd say that ole T/C cleaned up pretty nice!

Well, it isn't a T/C....CVA more than likely, but nice find and great job refreshing her. I would be damn glad to find something like that.

Damn, Dale beat me to it! Types fast for an old guy

 

[ORBushman]

Not a T/C... look at the bolster. Maybe an old CVA, but a nice gun for less than a hundred bucks...

My mistake. I thought the trigger guard looked like a T/C.

 

[Rhyno]

Yes, it's a CVA Hawken.

 

[chorizo]

Yes, it's a CVA Hawken.

The F*2 stamped by the pressure proof marks on the right side of the barrel signifies that it had a final proof test in 1986, so that is the year it was made.

 

[Dale Allen Raby]

My mistake. I thought the trigger guard looked like a T/C.

Nobody is perfect...

 

[Rhyno]

The F*2 stamped by the pressure proof marks on the right side of the barrel signifies that it had a final proof test in 1986, so that is the year it was made.

That's great - thanks! I had no idea of its date.

 

[ORBushman]

Nobody is perfect...

Man, ain't that the truth!

I'm thinking I may need to visit some local Pawn Shops.

 

[JeffG]

Very nice! Nice cleanup.

 

[chorizo]

Nobody is perfect...

My first Ex-wife would disagree with you. She always said I was a perfect A**hole

 

[BruceHuxford]

That is a nice find.

 

[Dale Allen Raby]

Well, it isn't a T/C....CVA more than likely, but nice find and great job refreshing her. I would be damn glad to find something like that.

Damn, Dale beat me to it! Types fast for an old guy

Target of opportunity. Yeah, I can find my way around a QWERTY keyboard pretty well after nearly fifty years. You should see me on my old Royal Model 1910... it can get amusing.

 

[Rifleman1776]

Yes, it's a CVA Hawken.

The lock is a give away that it is not a TC.

 

[Kansas Jake]

Great find on the rifle. For $90 it definitely would have followed me home even though I don’t need it.

 

[TreeMan]

If the bore is good and you spend the time to work out a good load those old CVAs will outshoot or run a close tie with guns five times their price. Race what ya brought to the track brotha!!!

 

[TScottW99]

Nice find and good job.