An beautiful Miroku Hawken replica

Miroku is an excellent gunmaker. It's too bad they got out of the Civil War reproduction business. They made just about the most authentic muskets. I have two Mirokus -- a Model 1863 and a Model 1861. The 1863 had one glaring mistake -- it had both band springs and clamping bands (clamping bands are characteristic of the Type I and band springs, with solid bands, are characteristic of the Type II). I had to find solid upper and lower bands to make it correct for a Type II. The 1861, I ended up converting to a Model 1855 by installing a working Maynard-primer lock. That gun is my favorite CW musket.

I have quite a few miroku made browning shotguns and they are ex fire arms, the only black powder rifle I have I have not fired is the bottom rifle a TCF .50 couger. I have thought about it, but i chicken out while looking at it. the top rifle is a .58 TC big boar and I shoot it a lot.

Nice gun. The rear sight looks just like the rear sight Cabelas Hawkens have on them including the recess in the side of the sight body. I wonder who copied who?