Originally Posted by
MountainDevil54
the deal with every mountain man having a hawken is phoney. They were at the top after the era of the mountain men. Leman and many many many other rifles were used back in those days including british guns as well as french guns. A hawken cost double sometimes x3 as much as your typical rifle of the day.
I live in the rockies and hunt the cold weather with a hawken. Hunting with gloves or mittens is very typical and pretty obvious what a hunter does in order to safely pull the trigger. Not sure what warm season you hunt where gloves are not needed.
MD54,
Yeah, to me its very obvious. You buy a rifle with enough space in the trigger guard so that you do not have to remove your gloves to shoot. This was something I checked out when I bought my last crossbow. That's why I don't understand the double set triggers on the "Hawken" replicas. You can't get your gloved finger in the trigger guard, and if you remove your glove, in short order you won't be able to feel the set trigger. Makes no sense.
Ever see a set trigger on a crossbow? Even the most expensive ones? There's a reason for that . . .
OldBob