Some of you guy's in Washington State. Have you ever had anything to do with this outfit? Searching for the Hawken's Rifle on the internet, I ran across this outfit. What better place to buy a Hawken's Rifle, than someplace that has some of the original tooling! Just wondering if this is logit,or.

Phil

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The Hawken Shop
Original Hawken Rifles
P.O. Box 593
Oak Harbor, Washington
(360) 679-4657
FAX (360) 675-1114
1-800-450-7111
E-Mail greg@thehawkenshop.com

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http://www.thehawkenshop.com/history.htm

Return with us to "The Hawken Shop". Although we have moved from Missouri to the beautiful state of Washington, we continue in our dedication to preserving our American frontier heritage and traditions.
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". Jake died in 1849 and Sam continued producing these quality rifles until the late 1850's. In the early 1860's ownership transferred to J.P. Gemmer, who held true to tradition and maintained the "Hawken" quality until the shop finally closed in 1915. Is this where our history lesson ends? Thankfully, no!
The tools and machinery lay unused in Gemmer's St. Louis home for fifty plus years. Early in the 1960's at the sale of the Gemmer estate, Walter Kennedy acquired these remnants of the "Hawken Shop" for his close friend, Art Ressel. Mr. Ressel, a Hawken enthusiast, felt obligated to continue the tradition passed on and reopened the "Hawken" gun shop. Less than 300 Hawken's were produced during this period before Mr. Ressel closed the gun shop in the early 1980's. Again the original "Hawken" quality was unobtainable and a valued part of American History ceased to exist.
In December of 1990 a new and equally great period of the "Hawken" story began. Mr. Ressel sold the entire shop to a small family owned business in Washington. Greg Roberts and Claudette Greene purchased "The Hawken Shop" to preserve this valued part of Americana. Once again, the classic "HAWKEN" had returned! Current planning was to wait 2 years before proceeding with the "Hawken" venture. At that time Greg and Claudette were absorbed in the planning and development of a traditional muzzle-loading rifle in the style of Dimmick and Leman, and felt they could not devote additional time to "Hawken". However, fate intervened and a foundry fire destroyed all other tools and parts, except for the Hawken tooling. Consequently Hawken was back in business, producing Hawken rifles once again.
In this age of substitutes and clones the very idea of owning an. original is incomprehensible. Originals are reserved for only the very wealthy and influential. Not so with "The Hawken Shop", this quality and originality is again available to anyone who desires to own the finest.
Our catalog will describe in detail the many items that are currently available, with more on the way.

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