End of an Era...

Closed the book on 18 years of T/C Hawkens today...shipped out the last one with it's beautiful stock and .28ga GM smoothbore barrel...excellent on small game and deer, it was a favorite until the end...

But.....that's a Flintlock with really nice wood. :shocked2:

It is an exceptional stock to be factory”¦and that hunting photo doesn’t do it justice:

Whats the reason behind selling them off if you dont mind me asking.

That one did have a pretty stock on it.

Transitioned everything from half stocks to full stocks to have that experience for a few years now...

That is one of the best lookin' T/C Hawkens I've ever seen. Oh, and nice wood! :blah:

Better to see them go than just sit around collecting dust.Maybe they will spend some more time in the field and have a second life? I hope my flintlocks keep working after I'm done with them----------Leebone

Roundball: Take comfort in their very superior replacements!

Roundball, I first started seeing your posts as far back as 2000, on that board run by that egotistic New Yorker. Well, everybody gets a nickname in my life, and yours has always been "Mr Thompson Center". Nothing derogatory meant by it, I just figured you knew more about T/C firearms than even most of the people who worked for them. :wink: Well, now I need to come up with a new nickname for you. How about "Mr. all around knowledgeable muzzleoader guy?" Short but sweet, eh? Bill

Man, I'd forgotten all about that...fortunately psychotics are few and far between

That is a beautiful rifle. I just killed my first BP deer with a T/C Hawken I built with my grandfather before he passed. I bought it from a guy who never put the kit together. By far my favorite gun.

They're an excellent product for sure...

Roundball,
Your going to miss all those wonderful TC rifles!

I remember a few years ago when I said TC's where nice transitional guns for beginners untill they moved up to something else, and you went BALLISTIC! :rotf:

roundball said:

Closed the book on 18 years of T/C Hawkens today...shipped out the last one with it's beautiful stock and .28ga GM smoothbore barrel...excellent on small game and deer, it was a favorite until the end...

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don't know how you could do it RB. I'd hold onto at last that one 'til the second coming!
you'reheaded in a good direction!

Yeah, would have liked to have kept a few of them just because...but...practicality had to prevail

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Yeah, would have liked to have kept a few of them just because...but...practicality had to prevail

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As a friend of mine is fond of saying, "reality dictates." I sold my modern rifles to pay for percussions, then sold those off one-by-one to buy one flintlock and build another.

Amen...

Rb..My newphew just picked up where you let off... there is hope..they are gone but the many memories are not..time to make some new ones.
Enjoy the ride......

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Rb..My newphew just picked up where you let off... there is hope..they are gone but the many memories are not..time to make some new ones. Enjoy the ride......

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Yup...C/B is starting on his way and I've started making meat with my replacements...
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