Who makes the most accurate reproduction of an original Hawken rifle configured like a traditional "mountian man" rifle? (Brown barrel, Bridger-type buckhorn sights, double-set triggers, etc.) How much can I expect to spend?

The Hawkin Shop. There is a Web site for it. A kit from them will cost around $900.00 and a plain Jane Hawkin somewhere around $2500.00. The original Hawkins factory was in, I believe St. Louis, but production was stopped two different times over the years. Once I believe there was a fire and most of the manufacturing equipment was destroyed. However, the Hawkin equipment was not touched and purchased a while back by Greg (sombody) at Oak Harbor, Washington. Telephone 1 800 450 7lll. You will need to put down 1/4th the price of the finished one for him to start on it and the wait will be approximately 9 months. The finished product looks really nice on the screen. Good shooting!

Sorry, you asked for reproductions. What I gave you are an authentic original Hawkin made on the original Hawkin machinery. But if you want a "real" Hawkin here ya go. Good luck!

Doublegun,back in the late 70's/early 80's Leonard Allen started Western Arms.He had Uberti build Colt and Winchester replicas.He then took an original Hawkin to Italy and had Uberti copy it down to the last detail.Thus was born the Santa Fe Hawkin which sold so well he brought out a Jeddiah Smith model which had a commerative barrel inscription and better wood.Leonard suffered a heart attack and died shortly after changing the firm name to Allen Firearms.The business cidn't last long after his death.Here in N.M. we still occasionally find both the S.F.Hawkin and the Jed.Smith at dealers and gunshows.I think my hawkin serial # is 318 and I've put more rounds than I can count thru it and have never had it fail to fire.It looks exactly like the Hawkin pictured in the new American Rifleman pages 70-71.Locally, whrn found they can be bought for $300-$400 and are well worth it.
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The Lyman Great Plains rifle is probably the closest you will find to an original in a production rifle at a reasonable price of +/- $400. If you are handy, one can build the kit much closer to original than the factory assembled guns. Fun, too! Mine has two barrels, and the gun is about 15 years old--has been shot a lot in competition, play, hunting, and in my role as a muzzleloader instructor. This gun has never lrt me down, and is quite accurate. Chuck

There's a few authentic reproductions here.
http://www.trackofthewolf.com/categories/partList.aspx?catID=12&subID=83&styleID=290

Bye
Jack