Random photos of famous ML percussion/flint guns, or rather guns owned by either famous people or during famous events

[sussexmuzllodr]

Heres one.....

 

[Relic shooter]

We can't neglect Jim Bridger's Hawken:

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Currently in the possession of the Montana Historical Society. Click this link for more pictures and the story of its chain of custody: Jim Bridger's Hawken

Best regards,

Notchy Bob

I was fortunate to shoot Bridger's rifle in the early 70's while the museum was having it cleaned by Les Bauska.
Relic shooter

 

[Notchy Bob]

I was fortunate to shoot Bridger's rifle in the early 70's while the museum was having it cleaned by Les Bauska.
Relic shooter

Lucky you! I've never shot or even handled an original Hawken. I've seen a few behind glass on display in various collections, but that's as close as I've gotten to an original.

I hope to make it to the Hawken Classic later this year and maybe get to see a few of the real ones up close.

Notchy Bob

 

[Relic shooter]

Lucky you! I've never shot or even handled an original Hawken. I've seen a few behind glass on display in various collections, but that's as close as I've gotten to an original.

I hope to make it to the Hawken Classic later this year and maybe get to see a few of the real ones up close.

Notchy Bob

Lucky says it all, just happened to be in the right place at the right time during the Hawken craze, it was a hackle-raising experience.
Les Bauska was a well known barrel & gun maker & I often spent the night at his place when picking up barrels & attending the local gun show.
That was a double whammy weekend as Les had also just completed building a .600 Rigby nitro single shot rifle he had built for an African big game hunter & knew I was a fan of big bore guns so invited me to the range to sight it in. That one shot brought tears of pain to my eyes & I declined to fire the next cigar sized cartridge.
Relic shooter, now I'm the relic

 

[TFoley]

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Context/explanation, please.

 

[52Bore]

Context/explanation, please.

Being a 2 year old post - no idea why I posted a photo of Lynton McKenzie holding an Alexander Henry S/T rifle.
Sorry, probably just because of the title of the post.
Not surprised no one commented..

 

[springfield art]

Heres one.....

Always wondered, where Booth bought the Deringer? Card game? Probably was used at the time as it's kinda beat up.

 

[springfield art]

Heres one.....

People! There's an old 1940 movie, "Arizona", whose film set is today's Tombstone attraction, if my memory serves. The movie was FULL of old, original, black powder guns being used. No Pedersoli or Uberti then! Hall carbines, lots of classic actual real guns being used. It should be available on DVD; I've got an inter-library loan search out for a copy. The female lead (I forget her name but she was a star at the time.) ARIZONA; google it!

 

[Relic shooter]

This guy's isn't necessarily famous, but traversed the plains to UT many times through the mid 1800s carrying this Hawken. It was owned by John Brown, a Mormon pioneer. He reportedly bought I in STL in 1845. It is large!! 66cal, maybe a 40" barrel, and that barrel is thick. He could reportedly take buff at 200yd with it. I believe he crossed the plains something like 15 times with it through the years. It is available to view at the LDS Museum in SLC, Utah.

Percussion, no hooked breech, pinned stock. Tang is not beavertail shaped!

I was fortunate to check out one of Browning's percussion rifles with a 5 shot harmonica magazine.
Pretty clever setup, breech of the barrel had a coned extension & each chamber in the magazine was relieved to fit & when moved into each firing position a camed lever would firmly seal the charge.

 

[Relic shooter]

We can't neglect Jim Bridger's Hawken:

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Currently in the possession of the Montana Historical Society. Click this link for more pictures and the story of its chain of custody: Jim Bridger's Hawken

Best regards,

Notchy Bob

Thanks for the memory
I was fortunate to shoot this neat historical rifle 50 some years ago while picking up barrels from a maker in Montana who contracted to clean & preserve the rifle for the museum.
Relic shooter

 

[reddogge]

My only claim to fame was I had my face inches from Kit Carson's Hawken at the MD Arms Collectors Show years ago. No one could handle it though.

 

[TNGhost]

Just another example of what the NRA does for you.

It is a tragedy that the NRA is preserving and displaying these priceless interesting old historic firearms for us and future generations to enjoy. We give them money and they don't do anything good with it. {tic}