The Hawken flintlock rifle the historical society received measures 58 inches; its .50-caliber barrel has straight rifling — most rifles have grooves inside the barrel to guide the projectile.

The Hawken brothers were known for crafting “plains rifles,” large-bore firearms with half-stocks, often chambered in .50 caliber or larger.

Missouri state legislators recently passed a bill making the Hawken the official Missouri state rifle. With Gov. Mike Parson’s signature, Missouri becomes the seventh state to have an official ...

The rifle is a .56 caliber marked “S Hawken.” Samuel Hawken was one of five gun-making Hawken brothers, although Samuel and his brother Jacob were the best known.

It’s a .52-caliber percussion rifle with a 37-inch barrel, all of which is pretty standard for a Hawken. What sets this rifle apart is its all-silver metalwork, including a medallion on the ...

Loveland resident Daryle Klassen gets giddy when he talks about holding Mariano Medina’s .50-caliber Hawken rifle — a piece of Loveland history worth $250,000. Sharon Danhauer is a little more ...

A rapid-fire weapon that can be controlled with short bursts but loses accuracy if fired continuously. Due to its average fire speed, the Assault Rifle is best suited for mid-to-long range combat ...

Cowell said Kit Carson's original Hawken is housed at a Masonic lodge in Santa Fe, N.M. The rifle has been there since May 1868 after Carson willed it to Mason members.

In honor of Bridger, the trophy will be a rifle, which, according to Utah State, is a "50 caliber Rocky Mountain Hawken rifle that was popular among mountain men and widely considered to be what ...

Hawken launched its open beta yesterday, the magical date with all the 12s in it, meaning you can trundle off and download the client right now before jumping into some hot, metallic, robot-on ...

We got our first look at Hawken’s Reaper nary a week ago, yet here it is stood at the front door with its slug rifle poking through the downstairs bathroom window. Well, if we’re going to be ...

Alongside the KE-Sabot, the Sabot rifle is one of the few bullet-based special weapons in the game. It fires a very powerful round but has a slow rate of fire.