Robinson - Prince George 54 caplock

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I have never heard of these before but have an opportunity to purchase one. It looks VG both in and out. How are these in quality compared to other muzzleloaders and what is it worth? tks
 
Don Robinson built "Fraser River Hawkens" for years and I suspect you have one of his latter guns as I believe he ended up in Prince George. I also believe he retired some years ago. Of the rifles I have seen, they were consistently high quality and had a reputation for having good barrels and being reliable. Some of our BC guys can undoubtedly provide more info... Of the rifles I have seen at gun shows in the past few years, the asking price on flinters has been around $1000 whereas the caplocks have been a bit less. Obviously I can't know what they actually sold for.
 
I have known several people that owned Robinson Hawken rifles and all were well made guns. I haven't seen any at gun shows recently but the used to run close to $1000 second hand

cheers mooncoon
 
Thanks for the opinions - very helpful. I picked it up along with a "Friesen" 54 caplock. Now to wait for some nicer weather....
 
I'm not sure what the production run on these rifles was. Can you give the serial number range? I have a low serial numbered Hawken (at least I think its low..under 100).

Cheers.
 
Here is the one I own since a few years: 54 cal round ball serial Under 100.

I was told that only a few hundreds were made.










Here is the one I own since a few years: 54 cal round ball serial Under 100.

I was told that only a few hundreds were made.



Gerald
 
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Most of the early rifles had Sharon Rifle Barrel Company (Kallispel MT) barrels which were very accurate. I have had 2 rifles with those barrels and they shot very well. Sharon folded in the '80's IIRC and re-emerged sometime later as the Oregon Barrel Co. I don't think you could go far wrong with a Fraser River Hawken of any vintage.
 
Love the Vernier Tang Sights. I want to put the same sights on my Lyman 54 Great Plains Hunter with a 1in32 twist. One question: How high are the front sights on this rifle to accommodate the rear sight? I should think that they would be a bit higher than the stock sight supplied.
 
X2 on Tailor. He has made a few gun modifications for me and his work is flawless and topshelf. The rifles he builds are works of art and some are even worthy of museum pieces. He has won gun building contests down in the states up against guys from Penn. Va. and Kentucky.
 
Bumping this up for some added history. My dad is sitting on the couch here and we got to talking about these.

My dad has number 193 built in 1983 or 1984. It was one of the last made before Robinson retired/slowed down building them. Of the rifles made, they are either stamped "Prince George" or "Kelowna". The last few were made in Kelowna after Robinson moved from PG to Kelwna. My dad figures there are fewer than 200 in the series, maybe 195 tops. My dad's, 193, was made in Kelowna and only a few were made after that. Perhaps only 5 or 6 made in Kelowna.

193 is a 54 cal percussion.
 
fenceline, great bump, thank you for bring this thread back up.

If you could post pictures of your Dad's #193 that would be great! catnthehatt, maybe sometime you could post some shots of your .58 as well?

fenchline, does your Dad's #193 have a Sharon barrel?
 
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fenceline, great bump, thank you for bring this thread back up.

If you could post pictures of your Dad's #193 that would be great! catnthehatt, maybe sometime you could post some shots of your .58 as well?

fenchline, does your Dad's #193 have a Sharon barrel?
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I don't have pictures unfortunately. He lives in the province next door and was just visiting. I'll ask him about the barrel. I don't recall.

When my dad ordered his, he simply told Mr. Robinson "I want it to be a shooter". I've shot it, and it truly is. Plain wood stock, no fancy storage compartments. Nice plain stock and a laser for a barrel.
 
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