My New Gunbroker Toy
I bought this from Thad Dessecker of Ohio. I give Thad 5 gold stars. His GB name is muz-mastiff. It was advertised as "unfired" and he wasn't kidding.
What a beautiful rifle. The photo doesn't do it justice.
Thad advertised it at $475 and nobody else bid on it. I love this rifle.
The TC Hawken was the first muzzleloader I owned, I bought one in 1982 and did a lot of hunting in Georgia with this rifle. With the .490 patched round ball it is murder on whitetail deer, and hogs.
And, I lent my Hawken to my best friend Bud, and he kept it about a year and he didn't clean it and the barrel was ruined.
That is why, I don't lend out my rifles, or my extensive collection of hand tools, to any body.
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Very Nice.
I have one a 54 cal flint gun and its was deadly on everything from Turkeys to Elk0 -
I bought it's identical twin a few years back off GB too.......love it, let me say they're still dangerous to Georgia deer been looking for a possibles bag but haven't found one yet that I like, been using an old G.I canvas "medics" bag and that thing is full of tools of the trade and what-nots, surprisingly it works very good . Noticed looking at your nipple area it indicates yours is a newer model than mine but everything else is the same.0 -
nice most of the ones I have seen were not taken care of especially the bores
I have 58 big bore a 54 a 50 cal and looking for a nice 45 cal all , Thompson center , I do not shoot them much but do like them0 -
Nicea one,,, 0 -
I finally got a .50 Hawken. You can't go no better. Now, I have to learn to skin griz.... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4NSa4riL_I0 -
You get in the woods early with a primitive weapon in ga I believe 0 -
Nice, mine is nearly that nice. I do have an unfired flintlock TC Hawken. 0 -
Junkballer I have a little trick for the Hawken that you might want to try. I noticed, way back when, that it was hard to hold the sights on a deer.
Now, at the range, dark sights, white paper target, no problem.
But, dark colored deer. Black rear sight. Black front sight. No contrast.
I got some bright white oil paint, and a little bitty paint brush. Tiny artist type brush. And I cleaned off that front sight real well with lighter fluid. And I put a single drop of white paint on the very top of the front sight.
So it is real easy to nestle that front sight into the black rear sight. Having done that it is easy to register it on the dark deer.
Also the white-topped front sight gathers light, gives you about 10 minutes more of shooting time in the evening.0 -
Allen, speaking of tips, I fitted my percussion Hawken and my Hatfield with 209 primer nipples I got over on that place by the bay. A lot more fire and more water resistant. 0 -
allen griggs wrote:Junkballer I have a little trick for the Hawken that you might want to try. I noticed, way back when, that it was hard to hold the sights on a deer.
Now, at the range, dark sights, white paper target, no problem.
But, dark colored deer. Black rear sight. Black front sight. No contrast.
I got some bright white oil paint, and a little bitty paint brush. Tiny artist type brush. And I cleaned off that front sight real well with lighter fluid. And I put a single drop of white paint on the very top of the front sight.
So it is real easy to nestle that front sight into the black rear sight. Having done that it is easy to register it on the dark deer.
Also the white-topped front sight gathers light, gives you about 10 minutes more of shooting time in the evening.
Allen, as one who never has really liked scopes I learned that practice years and years ago, works very well as you say, in fact most all my various type rifles sport that minor modification. I'll 2nd your tip as a good one0 -
Just went and pulled mine from the cabinet to check out the drum/nipple area and it turns out it's a CVA rifle , identical still, only difference I can see is mine has the drum the nipple screws into. It came with a CVA fitted sleeve for storage & transport.......despite being wrong earlier I'm still a proud papa ...........have fun, that's what it's all about 0 -
You're gonna' poop when I tell what I got mine for.
Seller had a starting of $220 and $45 to ship. Surprisingly, I was the only bidder.
It's an early '70's, pre-quickload cap lock Hawken. The brass furniture isn't as shiny as yours and there's one tiny mar by the barrel wedge escutcheon.0 -
asphalt cowboy I am not surprised to hear of that price. Is yours a Thompson Center?
Mine was listed at $475 and nobody else bid. Interest in the old muzzleloaders is not what it used to be.
Thompson Center is now out of business. Sad.
I am looking at my new Hawken right now and damn, it is a beautiful rifle!0 -
Thompson Center is very much in business, I just bought a new .22 with 1 in 15 twist (instead of the usual 1 in 16). They are now owned by S&W and no longer make the venerable TC Hawken line, mostly modern rifles now. 0 -
Nice rifle ya got there. 0 -
allen griggs wrote:asphalt cowboy I am not surprised to hear of that price. Is yours a Thompson Center?
Mine was listed at $475 and nobody else bid. Interest in the old muzzleloaders is not what it used to be.
Thompson Center is now out of business. Sad.
I am looking at my new Hawken right now and damn, it is a beautiful rifle!
Yep, it's a TC. This is the third TC Hawken I've had. The first was a TC custom shop rifle that I lost in the house fire. The one I have now was bought to replace this one that I sold several years ago. (can thank my ex for that). It was an NOS kit rifle I picked up for $135 back in '96. No small amount of work went into that one.0
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