Missouri State Rifle on Display

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In August 2023 Missouri passed a bill naming the Hawken Rifle as the official state rifle for Missouri. Bob Browner built a copy of an S. Hawken rifle that he donated to Missouri to be displayed at the Capital museum in Jefferson City, Missouri.

This rifle was shot at the Hawken Classic in 2023 as part of the activities of the event.

Here are some pictures of this rifle and the write up that is posted next to it.

Ashley’s Return

In 2019 a group of men set out on a journey retracing the steps taken by General Ashley traveling from the Rocky Mountains to St. Louis, Missouri. In 1823 Ashley was setting up a trade route for the trappers and mountain men. Along the route there were Rendezvous locations where the beaver furs were traded for supplies needed by the mountain men. Gerry “Lucky” Messmer, the owner of Powder Horns and More, was one of these men that undertook this adventure and he wrote these articles chronicling the trip and what they learned along the way. These articles were published in MuzzleBlast as a five part series discussing the trip. Afterwards Gerry continued to publish articles about Trekking called Lucky’s Trekking Tips. I have pulled all of these published articles into the following two documents so that you can easily read them as a book. Enjoy!

Gerry has attended the Hawken Classic each year and has shared his adventures as one of our seminar presentations. He will be back for the Hawken Classic 2024 on May 17-19, 2024 at the Lewis and Clark Boat House and Museum in St. Charles, Missouri.