Cva hawken serial number lookup
I have less data on the Leman Trade Rifle, but the switch from the Kern coil spring to the Ron Long Hawken lock on the Leman Trade Rifle may have occurred about this same time. The change from name to initials may have also coincided with the change from the William Morgan lock to the Ron Long lock on the Hawken model or about the mid-100’s in the Hawken serial numbers. A single stamp was employed as this barrel stamp was used continuously until the company shut it doors in 1980 and is easily recognized due to the shape and spacing of the letters. Near the beginning of 1975, the company stamp on the barrel was changed to a slightly arched “GRRW” over the address, similar to the catalog logo, but a different font. The company name and address stamp can normally be found on the top flat in front of or behind the rear sight. They range from serial number H-042 to H-143 and were likely made in 1974. All of the Hawken rifles I’m aware of with the William Morgan lock have the company and address stamp. On later rifles, it’s common to see the serial number hand written in the barrel channel of the stock, and if it’s a half stock rifle, stamped on the end of the ramrod rib close to the nose cap.Īround the time that GRRW standardize their Hawken pattern, in late 1973 or early 1974 (I’m not sure of the timing regards the Leman Trade Rifle), they started adding the address stamp, “ROOSEVELT, UTAH”, under the company name. Below is the serial number on this early Hawken. If one finds what appears to be a GRRW rifle but can’t find a serial number on it anywhere, then it is almost assuredly a kit gun assembled by the customer. The basic kits, those made up of a collection of parts and a shaped stock, were not serial numbered. The semi-finished rifles (rifles that left the factory assembled but in-the-white) were also stamped with a serial number from the same sequence as the factory finished rifles.
Our observations indicate that all factory finished rifles have a serial number stamped somewhere on the barrel, usually on the left oblique flat near the breech, but sometimes on the bottom flat, and maybe a few instances where it was stamped on the top flat. The letter “B” below the caliber is believed to be the barrel makers stamp, Bauska Barrels. On this example, the caliber “58” is stamped on the top flat behind the rear sight. The earliest rifles generally had the caliber stamped somewhere on the barrel.
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On the very earliest rifles, the full name “GREEN RIVER RIFLE WORKS” without the address was stamped on the top flat of the barrel. The information that the company stamped on the barrels of factory made rifles varied over the years.