Hawken Rifles The Mountain Man's Choice [Hardcover]

John D. Baird (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: 1971

Hard Cover, 8 1/2 x 11 inches, the second book written on Hawken rifles; 1971 second printing; Well illustrated with first quality photographs.

Product Details

• Hardcover
• Publisher: The Buckskin Press (1971)
• ISBN-10: 0912420006
• ISBN-13: 978-0912420004
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,219,163 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars St. Louis Stellar Review, March 26, 2002

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"bwotring" (St. Louis, Missouri USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Hawken Rifles: The Mountain Man's Choice (Hardcover)

I rate this book as exceptional. It provides an excellent historical perspective of the transition from the Pennsylvania style of gunmaking to the post-Hawken years, and the impact both upon and by Jacob and Samual Hawken and their Rocky Mountain rifles.

As a resident of St. Louis, I have access to the Hawken House in Webster Groves, Missouri, and to the Missouri Historical Society's Museum in Forest Park. It is exciting to see references to these resources mentioned in the book.

I am also planning to build my first true "Hawken" rifle, and this book gave me tremendous insight into what is historically accurate and why, for each period in the evolution of the Hawken Rocky Mountain Rifle. With this information, I am in a much better position to make informed decisions about what my finished rifle should be.

5.0 out of 5 stars Owner of Book, October 8, 2011

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Francis P Goddard (Jacksonville, FL United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Hawken Rifles: The Mountain Man's Choice (Hardcover)

I have this book, my father gave it to me after I purchased a custom Hawken that was made in the St. Louis Hawken shop, it is very informative book and I will never part with it.