.45 Cal Investarm™ Bridger Hawken Rifle DIY Kit - Percussion Ignition - IA2115KJim Bridger carried the Hawken rifle as he traversed the Great Plains and Rocky Mountains of the western interior. In fact, a number of famous trappers and explorers owned Hawken rifles, including Auguste Lacome, Hugh Glass, Kit Carson, Joseph Meek, Jedediah Smith and Theodore Roosevelt. The rifle was the pinnacle of the modern percussion firearms development of the mid nineteenth century. Originally designed and built by such famous makers as Hawken,