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{This beautiful customized rifle was handcrafted in Warrior, Alabama by Jim Parker at his Calvary Long Rifles Gun Shop. The following link shows the extraordinary talent and artistic ability of Bro. Jim Parker: Absolutely Alabama.
The Hawken rifle is a muzzle-loading rifle that was widely used on the prairies and in the Rocky Mountains of the United States during the early frontier days. Developed in the 1820s, it became synonymous with the “plains rifle”, the buffalo gun, and the mountain men and fur trapper’s gun. It was displaced after the Civil War by breechloaders.
The Hawken rifle was made and sold by Jacob and Samuel Hawken. Trained by their father as rifle smiths on the East Coast, the brothers moved to St. Louis, Missouri, at the beginning of the Rocky Mountain fur trade. Opening a gun shop in St. Louis in 1815, they developed their “Rocky Mountain Rifle” to serve the needs of fur trappers, traders, and explorers: a quality gun, light enough to carry all the time, that could knock down big animals at long range.
In 1858, the shop passed to other owners who continued to operate and sell rifles bearing the Hawken name: William S. Hawken, William L. Watt, and J. P. Gemmer. Gemmer closed the business and retired in 1915.
In commemoration of this important part of early American history and the relationship between the mountain men and the Hawken rifle, the Masonic Mountain Men Foundation commissioned brother Jim Parker with Calvary Longrifles to build this masterpiece. This beautiful rifle is a one-of-a-kind, hand made, engraved, and inlayed work of art.
All proceeds from the sale of raffle tickets on this rifle will benefit Masonic charities including Shriners Hospitals, Speech and Language Disorders, Hunts for Heroes, and others.
The Masonic Mountain Man Foundation is a 501(c) 3 Corporation.
Tickets for a chance to own this once-in-a-lifetime masterpiece set are $5.00 each/ five for $20 or 25 for $100.
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The earliest known record of a Hawken rifle dates to 1823 when one was made for William Henry Ashley. The Hawkens did not mass-produce their rifles but rather made each one by hand, one at a time. A number of famous men were said to have owned Hawken rifles, including Auguste Lacome, Hugh Glass, Jim Bridger, Kit Carson, Orrin Porter Rockwell, Joseph Meek, Jedediah Strong Smith, and Theodore Roosevelt.
Hawken rifles had a reputation for both accuracy and long range.
The Hawken rifle company was sold in 1862, and the last rifle actually made by a Hawken was built in 1884. Although popular with mountain men and hunters of the fur trade era, up through the mid part of the 19th century, muzzleloaders were generally replaced by mass-produced, breech-loading weapons such as the Sharps rifle and the Winchester rifle.
Rules & Regulations
- ALL mail entries must be received by December 20, 2023.
- All applicable local, state and federal laws will be adhered too.
- Need not be present to win.
- Drawing to be held December 24, 2023.
