Comments on: Timberline Hawk survival rifle

By: Mike Sullivan

Mike Sullivan — Tue, 19 Jul 2022 03:38:57 +0000

I have an opportunity to purchase one. Any idea of value?

By: Kirt Keller

Kirt Keller — Sat, 01 Aug 2020 05:22:17 +0000

John Wayne’s doctor gave me serial #005 and he said The Duke gave it to him. JW invested some money in the company, things didn’t go well and he got Ser #005. The story then would have to predate 1979.

By: Kirt Keller

Kirt Keller — Sat, 01 Aug 2020 05:12:48 +0000

I own Serial #005. John Wayne’s doctor gave it to me. Dr. Egan said that The Duke gave it to him and the rest of the story was that the guys the made these solicited JW for an investment. Like so many deals he backed or partially backed, it was a loser. JW bought all is modern guns at the now defunct Grant Boys on Newport Blvd. Grant Boys was right in the middle between JW’s house and Timberline’s address. The whole thing must date before mid 1979.

By: Craig

Craig — Tue, 25 Sep 2018 20:50:11 +0000

I came in to contact a sister rifle to this one(through a friend of mine who “inherited” it from a family member), although not complete – it was missing the wood stock piece and stock retainer bumper. The owner of the sister rifle is in Orange County, CA – not far from the original locations of Armalite and Timberline Hawk Co. You can see the sister rifle’s pictures here: https://imgur.com/a/j3U2S
To my knowledge, there was no SN on the rifle I researched.

I did quite a bit of research and was able to track down and speak to an engineer and later owner/operator of Timberline Hawk Co: Lee Jensen. He remembered the rifle and said there were only a handfull of them made and seemed to believe he had their blueprints lying around somewhere. I believe he’s still alive (in Iowa) running a welding/machine shop and is easily searched on the web.

-Craig

By: Pete

Pete — Tue, 20 Sep 2016 03:13:44 +0000

Good writeup and pics as usual Chuck. Great find of the Weapons Man piece. One can sure see where the idea for the little rifle came from. Looks like the Twist22 has a better barrel latch than the TH gun, but the TH shoots every time you drop the hammer! Using only shorts might be wise given the barrel retention setup.
Pete

By: Rick Saunders

Rick Saunders — Tue, 20 Sep 2016 01:11:58 +0000

Nice.
Strange buttstock though. I seem to remember seeing this written up somewhere, possibly when they were testing the waters for the market.
Swivel guns always intrigue me, especially old flint guns. Allowed one to get that second shot. Or, the breech loading flint guns.
Sheer cost to build must have been enormous in the grand scheme of things.