Brass Scope For Hawken Rifle

The heavy barreled long-range muzzleloading target rifle shown above is of the typical 1840's thru 1860's design, and so is the early telescopic rifle sight that's mounted on this rifle. This was the 'high performance muzzleloader' of its day, and when shot by an accuracy conscious shooter who took the time to find just the right combination of powder... charge... bullet... and whatever else it took to get the absolute best accuracy from the muzzleloader, and who precisely built each and every load exactly the same, these rifles regularly produced 10-shot 200-yard-plus groups that were less than 2-inches across center-to-center.
This particular rifle, and telescopic rifle sight, was built by master riflesmith Morgan James, of Utica, NY in probably the late 1850's or early 1860's - and saw service during the Civil War as one of the very first telescopic sight (a.k.a. riflescope) mounted military sniper rifles, or as they were known then, a Sharpshooter rifle. Typical of the period, this rifle was likely of .40, .44 or .45 caliber, although .48 and .50 caliber was fairly common as well, and rifled with a fast turn-in-18 to 22 inches rifling twist. The bullets that performed so well out of these rifles were generally three or more times in length as in diameter, and needed the fast rate of rifling twist to stabilize the lengthy projectiles in flight - especially when shooting at 40 rods (220 yards). The big lead bullets commonly weighed, depending on the caliber of the rifle and the rate of rifling twist, between 400 and 600 grains, and were often paper patched for best long-range accuracy.

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These scopes work for every rifle from late-model percussion muzzle-loaders, through the black powder cartridge rifle era, to the early smokeless cartridge rifles. True to the originals, the long-tube model features a graduated 'rabbit-eared' rear scope ring and the short-tube models a 'caged' rear scope ring.
Original Hawken Rifle Kits Original Hawken kits - Kits are available 95% inlayed requiring only minimal hand tools and patience to do the final fitting. Detailed instructions are furnished with each rifle to aid you in matching original wood and metal finish.

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In the early 1800's Jake and Sam Hawken formed a family partnership as gun-makers in St. Louis and began producing their soon to be famous 'Hawken Rifle'... ...In 1990 a new and equally great period of the 'Hawken' story began. Greg Roberts and Claudette Greene purchased 'The Hawken Shop®' to preserve this valued part of Americana. Once again the classic 'Hawken' has returned. The Hawken Shop® is also the retail outlet for all other Dayton Traister Inc products including Dayton Traister Triggers and Safeties, Varner Tang Sights, CGreene Original Greeting Cards and our Micro Drop Pinpoint Oiler.
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Varner Tang Sights
Our sights are the finest quality, made in the USA. These all steel sights are adjustable for both windage and elevation and have a deep blue finish. Upright and windage locking screws are hexagon and tightened with a supplied wrench. Our tang sights are available for most popular lever rifles. Click here to view the Varner Tang Sight product line.

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