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Extreme accuarcy: Pedersoli Missouri River Hawken meets saboted bullets

411 Views Posted on: 06/10/2015
 
Another excellent article by Toby Bridges:
"In a roundabout manner, NORTH AMERICAN MUZZLELOADER HUNTING played a bit of a role in the introduction of the 1-in-24 twist .50 caliber Missouri River Hawken rifle.  At the 2005 and 2006 SHOT Shows, I had made it a point to pay the Davide Pedersoli & Co. display a visit...to kind of keep up on what the company had new, and to visit with my old friend Pierangelo Pedersoli - who now runs that gunmaking operation.  A few years earlier, working with Hi-Lux Optics, I had pushed for the company to step back in time and begin producing the long circa 1850's style Wm. Malcolm scope shown on the above rifle.  While such "telescopic rifle sights" had originally been developed, in America, on fast-twist rifling bullet shooting muzzle-loaded rifles - Hi-Lux Optics put the period correct scope back on the market with a totally different shooter in mind - those who enjoyed long-range shooting with the big-bore black powder cartridge rifles, such as the Sharps, Remington Rolling Block and Winchester High Wall models. 
[gallery columns="2" link="file" ids="396,397"] The Pedersoli gun making firm had been alarmed at the drop in the number of traditional muzzleloading hunters in the U.S., mainly because this company is the largest manufacturer of such muzzle-loaded rifles in the world.  So, with the modern copy of the Malcolm scope in production, I began the job of convincing the Pedersoli operation that it was time to introduce a true bullet-shooting American design half-stock - and that the stylish Hawken they offered was the perfect rifle.  In 2007, the 1-in-24 twist Missouri River Hawken became a reality.  That's when I first began shooting the rifle shown above. "
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Tags : Blackpowder, Hunting, Missouri river hawken, Muzzleloading
Posted in: Blackpowder hunting, Blackpowder shooting, Product reviews

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