Got 50 cal flintlock TC Hawken some forty years ago from a friend who couldn’t master the flash so near his face.Cost 160 bucks,persevered and mastered it in a month or two.Wish to God I had that pamphlet that TC gave out with every gun they sold,had three copies and lost them all,DANG!Worth their weight in gold for loading information,thorough to the Nth degree!
I went with 3 of my squad to a NC gun store in August 91 outside Ft Bragg after we got back from Desert Storm. The other guys bought various 9mms and a Desert Eagle 50. I was the baby of the group having turned 19 in Iraq but it was verboten for me to buy anything but a rifle. 🤦♂️ I was sick of military style rifles and didn’t need another bolt action or lever action (actually my dad’s). Bought a TC Hawken 50 factory built. Still have it and ran 777 fff with ball and conical this past Saturday. Still holding zero after all these years. Only gun I own that I still smile (giggle TBH) when shooting.
I'm new at this and have just purchased my first muzzloader. It is a .50 cal., and I am going to try .015 patches to start, with a .50 cal. ball from Hornady. I am going to use the ox yoke patches. Did I miss it in the video? When you switched patches and went to the ox yoke's, did you stick with the .010's, or go to .015? Thanks.
My go to is the ox yoke .015th patches and the .490 round ball my load is 60 gr 2f and for my woods on ne deer that punches holes both sides and puts em down 80 yards and in. I rarely use the .010 only have 1 gun that shoots well with them. Congrats on the 50 and hope you enjoy it. 😊
Love my TC Hawkens. One is a cap and the other a flint. Both seem to like .490 round ball and a .15 lubed patch. About Gun Broker, don't know much about it. Always bought most of mine from private owners about town. That was in the 90s and early 2000s when you would see these Hawkens everywhere. Figure most have been scarfed up by now making finding them much more difficult. Would like to find a .45 cal but not on the hunt for one. Thanks for the video.
Thanks for the comment. I agree on the 490 and 015 patch when I shot it off camera the 015" shot true. I always wanted the tc hawken and passed many over the years even when they were still new , I've always said I'll get one and just kept passing , well now I have both the 45 and 50 and they are fun , I love em for the fact that they did so much for our sport , even if it's not a true hawken. My local shops have some but all in similar or worse condition for 600 -800 crazy high prices I might have gone that high for new in the box but not used unless exceptional.
@@redeagletrapping You;re right about the prices nowadays. I think I paid somewhere around $100 to $150 each for my TC Hawkens. In-lines were becoming the craze at the time. Both were in very good shape and no one really wanted them any more. I remember seeing them in the 70s and 89s going for around 7 or 800 new. I guess you could say that they rekindled the past when they first came out. I'll be looking forward to hearing about your .45 cal Hawken. Thanks for the video..
I broke the stock on my 45, put it back together with Accra Glass and steel pins, only shoot round balls with light charges. My 50 I shoot 400 grain bullets with 80 grains of 2f.
I had a TC Hawken that was passed to me from my father. I have now passed it on to my son. I now own a TC in line 50 caliber because it is so much easier to clean and I have a ton of shotgun primers. I don't normally use pellets but I do have some. I've learned to make my own black powder and have refined it quit a bit. I now am in the market for a flintlock just to remove the need for primers. I don't know what will happen in the future with our gun laws but I do not trust dimocrats to allow them to remain in tact.
I totally understand I thought about making BP I've read up on ot , luckily I have lots saved rt now. The inlines are definitely easy , mine. Sucks but it's because the bore mic'd large. That's a great thing to be able to pass those on. Thanks for the comment
I bought a white Mountain Carbine ( t/c ) at a pawn shop a couple weeks ago . Thelso had a .50 cal t/c .50 cal. Hawkins rifle , but , it was rusty ( inside the muzzle was red rusty ) . I wasn't sure if I could save it . When the rifle looks like that , what's the odds it can be saved ? EDIT : Does Anyone know what twist rate these carbines are ?
Hey most of the barrels can be saved. Plug the breech at nipple end pour solvent in it let sit a few days , then slowly scrub it with abrasives. I use brillo pads and the steel wool on an undersized cleaning brush just keep at it. I also really like using balistol to clean it up. If out side is bad you can strip the finish and then re blue it. I just would not pay alot for it. You can find decent used ones for 250-350 and excellent ones for 400 plus.
@johnhoward7298 not necessarily just probably not accurate. Still may be fun plinking You can try it , best accuracy I'd definitely a conical. If you don't cast yest nows a good time to start
Yeah I used to use more but 60 punch3s through northeast deer and I have not lost any yet. I've done some chrono testing and real harvesting they drop nice at 60gr when I used 80 -100 just had loss of accuracy and deer still died though. Appreciate the comment
