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Well when it goes right it goes right. Here is another little find for the day. Ever hear of J & S Hawken. Remember the movie Jerimah Johnson, well tht is the rifle he was supposed to have carried. Hawken was a rifle maker in St. Louis and made Plains rifles circa 1820-1860. I have seen Hawkens sell in the 20,000 to 35,000 range in good shape. Now this isn't the greatest of condition and I am taking a chanch that this is right. Being as beat as it is, I would say $2000 is about right for this, if it is right. I have seen one advertised for $6250 that is in poor shape. This rifle has been cleaned and has a cracked stock which doesn't help matters but for $700 it is worth the risk. BTW the markings on the lock are correct.

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Its worth $700 just to hang over your mantel. Nice find...

Tabs,

If its real, would give you a healthy profit on it. Serious....

What's the caliber? .50, .54 or larger?

PM me...

Joe

YO Joe this is not a shooter. They say 50 caliber.

Tabs,

Just sent you a PM.

Joe

... I need to get out more .....

Tabs - if it is mechanically sound, you *need* to shoot it - some day. Hopefully in front of a crowd of folks that will faint at the thought of it actually being used...

Thats one of the nice things about black powder. Its slow burning and rarely damages anything its used with.

The biggest issue is people using too little powder on antique versions and the ball not being pushed all the way out of the barrel, then you get to get a ramrod with a metal screw on it and pull the ball out manually. Not fun...

Third pic for U Joehttp://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1201813191.jpg

I can fix that.