longhunter 50cal
Pilgrim
Registered: April 2008
Location: Upstate N.Y.
Posts: 3
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Review Date: Mon January 5, 2009
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Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Price you paid?: None indicated
| Rating: 9
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Pros:
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Workmanship, made in the U.S.A
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Cons:
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not historically correct
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Wood and metal work is excellent. Extremely well built and very accurate.Made in the U.S.A.and that's getting harder and harder to find these days. Not historically accurate but the deer don't seem to care.
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chopper
40 Cal.
Registered: July 2006
Location: Waupaca, WI
Posts: 285
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Review Date: Fri June 12, 2009
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Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Price you paid?: None indicated
| Rating: 9
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Pros:
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made in u.s.a. quality, always goes BOOM, accurate
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Cons:
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stock could be thicker
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this is my 2nd tc hawken. i like the way they look and handle, mine is an older one, eighties perhaps. i bought it on GB and refinished the stock to a rich dark walnut. trying different component variations is the key to getting any gun to shoot, first time out i was getting 3" groups and by changing patch material i was shooting ragged holes at 60 yards. these rifles are built to shoot and hunt with, just plain fun to get out and blast!
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NRAJOE
40 Cal.
Registered: February 2009
Location: Toledo,OH
Posts: 121
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Review Date: Wed June 17, 2009
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Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Price you paid?: None indicated
| Rating: 9
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Pros:
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Tough rifle/American made
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Cons:
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Needs more traditional sigts from factory
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Paid $200 otd for a used one in very good condition....could not imagine paying full price for a new one ($500+) but to each his own.
The price new I would get a Lyman Great Plains rifle...but used at a decent price? GO FOR IT.
Fun to shoot...easy to clean.
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tmbrdr69
32 Cal.
Registered: December 2007
Posts: 31
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Review Date: Tue December 1, 2009
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Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Price you paid?: None indicated
| Rating: 10
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The rifle was very accurate out of the box for me. The first shots I fired were in the 8 and 9 ring. This impressed my Dad and I as he had to do a lot of work on his Pedoroli's to shoot that accurate. The fit and finish are superb. Oh bonus it is made in the good old USA. The weapon as far as can tell is a reaonable copy of Hawkens I have seen in my research. Unfortunately T/C had the sense to use modern parts like coil springs instead of flat springs. This drives the Historically correct Police nuts. But then again if the truth be told none of the weapons most of us carry are truly correct as the manufacturing process has come a long way sense these guns originally showed up.
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Carbmonster
32 Cal.
Registered: January 2010
Location: Georgia
Posts: 17
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Review Date: Sat January 23, 2010
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Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Price you paid?: None indicated
| Rating: 10
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Pros:
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Solid as a rock
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Cons:
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Not cosmetically correct for a "Hawken"
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My stepdad put mine together back in the seventies during the whole Jeremiah Johnson craze. I got it from him and first shot it when I was six. Great gun. A blast to shoot, and built like a tank. Fairly accurate, as well. Not Aesthetically correct, but if you can live with that, then it is worth it. Prolly wouldn't buy a new one as the money could be spent on a Pedersoli or Lyman Plains rifle, but they are plentiful in the used department and worth the money.
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Trapperdan2061
32 Cal.
Registered: March 2006
Posts: 10
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Review Date: Thu March 4, 2010
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Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Price you paid?: None indicated
| Rating: 10
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Pros:
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Truely impressive
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Cons:
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non
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This has been my dream gun and I traded a Ruger 10/22 for it well I traded some ladders for the Ruger first. Went to the range for the first time and loved how well it shot. 3 in group at 100 yards not bad will be out for bear in April have 2 1/2 months to get me 2 bears will let you know how it goes.
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Ontario Hawken
32 Cal.
Registered: August 2010
Location: Carleton Place, Ontario
Posts: 27
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Review Date: Wed August 25, 2010
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Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Price you paid?: None indicated
| Rating: 9
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Pros:
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Good support from T/C, lots of accessories available (sights)
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Cons:
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heavy, not well balanced
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This is my first BP rifle and I am very happy with it. Overall it is better made and shoots more accurately to a greater distance than my friends Lyman Great Plains
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hrfunk
32 Cal.
Registered: January 2010
Posts: 9
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Review Date: Wed December 15, 2010
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Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Price you paid?: None indicated
| Rating: 10
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Pros:
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T/C quality, fit & finish, Lifetime Warranty
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Cons:
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None that concern me
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This has been a dream rifle for most of my life. When I first started deer hunting with my dad in the 1970's I remember some of his friends using Hawken repros of various brands. To my young eyes, the T/C's were the best of the lot. When I got old enough to start buying my own guns, there always seemed to be something I needed more than a traditionally styled muzzle loading rifle. Still, I never forgot the T/C Hawken. Finally this past summer, 30 some years after first seeing them, I bought my first one. It has been a joy to shoot. It is minute of deer accurate with both patched round balls and T/C's maxi-balls. I only shoot it with black powder, and it has never misfired. I am also one of the people who likes the shiny brass furniture. I keep it polished to a high shine, and I have the rifle displayed on my livingroom wall. A child's dream realized.
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bob4st
40 Cal.
Registered: December 2007
Location: upstate NY
Posts: 151
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Review Date: Fri December 17, 2010
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Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Price you paid?: None indicated
| Rating: 9
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Pros:
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...well built, accurate, reliable, comfortable to shoot, excellent warrantee...
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Cons:
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...not historically correct...
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...I can't complain... I have four with which I hunt and punch paper regularly ...the "positive aspects" reported above pretty much cover it... The old adage - Take good care of them and they'll last a lifetime (or three) applies...
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JIM1911
32 Cal.
Registered: April 2006
Location: Treasure Coast ,Florida
Posts: 47
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Review Date: Thu January 13, 2011
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Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Price you paid?: None indicated
| Rating: 9
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Pros:
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Warranty
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Cons:
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Not a true reproduction
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Had mine since 1976 and will never get rid of it . Great shooter ,looks great in the gun rack . I also have a T/C Hawken .50 cal Flinter and a .36 Cal patriot pistol ! All Keepers !
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BrianL
36 Cal.
Registered: September 2010
Posts: 81
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Review Date: Tue January 18, 2011
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Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Price you paid?: None indicated
| Rating: 9
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Pros:
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Reliability, Strength, Quality
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Cons:
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Price, Lack of barrel options
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I currently have 5 T/C Hawkens, a 50 cal, 2 54cals (GM IBS PRB), a 45 cal flinter and a Hawken with a 32 cal Green Mountain IBS. Three are from kits. All of them have beautiful wood and have shot better than I can hold. I recently had only one stock and three barrels. On the tang I have a Lyman 57 sight. All three barrels shot to the same point of aim at 50 yards, a .54, a .50, and a .32. I used the .32 all season for squirrels then just switched barrels and bagged my first ML deer on opening day without changing the sights. Very consistent results and workmanship.
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RugerDog
40 Cal.
Registered: October 2009
Location: SE Florida
Posts: 200
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Review Date: Thu February 3, 2011
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Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Price you paid?: None indicated
| Rating: 10
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Pros:
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Solid, American Company, Warranty, Accuracy
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Cons:
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Can't think of any
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Mine is a .45 cal percussion. This was my first muzzleloader; since I got it (used on GunBroker), I've not shot any of my other long guns. I've put 250 balls through it, and never had a glitch. It has a good solid feel to it, and is very easy to clean. Very accurate at 50 yards.
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smokin45
32 Cal.
Registered: January 2011
Posts: 15
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Review Date: Thu February 3, 2011
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Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Price you paid?: None indicated
| Rating: 9
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Pros:
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well over the years i have seen some good shooters
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..to add the barrel of a T/C Hawken can be tricky
i seen my brother have a tack driver for 20 years
and takes a want to for a good copper brush cleaning the bottom fell out NO good shooting after that so i guess the iron skellet afect is
truth back years ago owners manual of the T/C
spoke of the Iron Skellet afect..
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James Bond
36 Cal.
Registered: October 2011
Posts: 71
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Review Date: Fri December 2, 2011
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Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Price you paid?: None indicated
| Rating: 0
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Pros:
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Easy to take down for cleaning, ver nice wood to metal fit
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Cons:
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Finish on the wood stock could be better
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This is the one that started it all. Good solid build backed with the Thompson Center reputation for customer service. Mine is from the early 70s and has aged very gracefully. Still made in the USA.
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short_start
40 Cal.
Registered: November 2004
Location: North of the Fingerlakes-NY
Posts: 484
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Review Date: Fri January 13, 2012
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Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Price you paid?: None indicated
| Rating: 10
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Pros:
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Easy to clean, good trigger, nice fit, very reliable, aftermarket barrel selection, a looker, great warranty
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Cons:
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heavy loads smack me in the cheekbone pretty hard, needs deeper rifling and 1:66 twist
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I've got 3 of these in the house along with a couple of TC Renegades(similar). The OEM 1:48 barrel is sort of a compromise. It shoots lightly loaded RB's really well, and conical hunting loads fairly well. To get real accuracy with hunting loads with RB's I've gone to the GM 1:66 twist .54 barrel. It's an excellent shooter.
With today's pricing it seems TC/S&W may be trying to phase this rifle out. Would rather see them expand the line by bringing back the .54 - 1" barrel, adding slow-twist versions, and also a stainless option as mentioned above. TC, the barrel-swap option specialist, hasn't come close to exploiting the barrel-swap potentials of the Hawken. Green Mountain's way ahead of them on this. Hard to figure.
Warranty treatment pre-S&W has been great. Replaced a rusty barrel in a new (old-stock) gun, no questions asked. Also replaced a stock over a hammer centering issue. TC's always my #1 choice for BP.
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