To be honest I am really not sure about the Hawken. He did make the other gun himself, it was a graduation gift made for my brother. Tom Ball was well known in the cowboy shooting sports, especially for accurizing black powder pistols. My uncle had a small collection of old guns when he passed away. Had about 20 or so rifles including original henrys, sharps, and older flintlock and percussion guns. This was one them. My father has an original brockwood (sp.) squirrel gun that was from his collection. It was made in the 1860's and still shoots quite well. It is a beautiful rifle also.