I stand corrected. The front sight is correct as pointed out by Alk8944. After my initial post I dug out my books because I wasn't sure. John D. Baird's "Hawken Rifles, the Mountain Man's Choice" and "Fifteen Years in the Hawken Lode" and Charles E. Hanson, Jr's "The Hawken Rifle" Its Place In History" and "The Plains Rifle" have good photos depicting original Hawkens. It is interesting that the front sight is shown either way in some photos and the barrel wedges are shown with the heads on either side in some photos.

I guess I am not the Hawken authority I thought I was, but it is still my all time favorite firearm. Keep shootin'