Headhunter
40 Cal.
Registered: September 2005
Location: California, Missouri
Posts: 464
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Review Date: Tue October 2, 2007
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Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Price you paid?: None indicated
| Rating: 8
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Pros:
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Unsurpassed Warranty, best of the best. Transferable also.
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Cons:
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Not Entirely Period Correct
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I have owned quite a few thru the years. All were good shooters and fine hunting rifles.
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roundball
75 Cal.
Registered: May 2003
Location: North Carolina
Posts: 15449
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Review Date: Wed October 3, 2007
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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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Attractive, high quality, reliable, accurate, and affordable.
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Cons:
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None really...it is exactly what it was intended to be
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I have had a houseful of them in various calibers, both caplocks and Flintlocks, sine the very early 90's...shot and hunted with all of them for a lot of years now.
I rate them a 10 because they achieve everything they were / are intended to achieve, and that is a high quality, tough, reliable, accurate, attractive mass produced muzzleloading rifle with a traditional oriented style, and a real lifetime warranty second to none in the industry.
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Ivery Keys
36 Cal.
Registered: March 2005
Location: Fayette County, Texas
Posts: 57
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Review Date: Mon November 12, 2007
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Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Price you paid?: None indicated
| Rating: 8
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Pros:
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Low cost, lifetime warranty, shoot well with conical hunting loads
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Cons:
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Not a true reproduction
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Many of us got our start with this rifle, it was one of the first to offer LH versions. I still have my first and still shoot it some, mostly to introduce new comers. The only thing I have altered are the sights, I finally just could not look at the adjustable sights and replaced them with a primitive set. Still a great first rifle for beginners, not much can go wrong here. AND they are American made...
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Rat Trapper
40 Cal.
Registered: November 2006
Posts: 488
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Review Date: Tue December 25, 2007
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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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Excellent customer service. You will have to long very hard to find a better rifle in this price range.
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Cons:
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none
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I currently have three TC traditional muzzle loaders. The accuracy that I have been able to get from the TC rifles has always impressed me. These rifles are made in the USA, and TC goes to great lenghts to keep its customers happy. I have hunted for a number of seasons with the TC Hawkens in both 50 & 54 cal. These rifles will make meat if you can point it correctly! I feel these rifles are a much better deal than the cheaper imports sold by other companies.
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zepman
32 Cal.
Registered: December 2007
Location: SoCal
Posts: 49
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Review Date: Sat January 5, 2008
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Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Price you paid?: None indicated
| Rating: 8
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Pros:
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Great quality/fine shooter
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Cons:
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not period accurate/stock too thin for my taste
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I built mine from a kit in the 80's. Went together really well and I was and am still impressed by the high quality wood used for its stock, beautiful grain.Mine shoots 2.5-3 inch groups with patch and ball and they tighten up a bit with conicals.The only downside to this rifle for me is that I have big hands and the stock feels like a broomstick in my paws. I wished they had made the stock a little beefier. Still a fine shooter and a beautiful rifle.....John
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Doe
32 Cal.
Registered: December 2007
Location: Taylor M.I.
Posts: 37
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Review Date: Mon January 7, 2008
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Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Price you paid?: None indicated
| Rating: 10
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Got my gun 12/24/07 of last year> I LOVE IT!! going to get the FLINTER next, I can put 3 rbs in a playing card at 50 yard with it. wood work was excellant and so was the metal work. The only thing was I had to replace the nipple with a hot nipple cause I'm shooting sub powder in my rifle can't seem to find real BLACK POWDER!!
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DoubleDeuce 1
40 Cal.
Registered: January 2008
Location: Dodge City, Calif.
Posts: 256
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Review Date: Thu February 14, 2008
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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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Great quality, great rifle, hard to beat.
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Cons:
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Absolutely nothing to complain about
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I built my rifle from a kit thirty-two years ago. I have put a ton of lead through it, and it has never failed me. It is a competition winner for me. The fit and finish of the parts are second to none. Great customer service. I never needed it for the rifle. I used it for one of my Patriot pistols, another great item from them. Outstanding warranty. They hit a home run with this one, out of the park. Made in the good old U.S.A. And it cost me only $91.00 at the time ! Beautiful wood, and beautiful rifle.
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sparsons
40 Cal.
Registered: March 2006
Location: West Virginia
Posts: 493
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Review Date: Thu March 13, 2008
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Would you recommend the product? No |
Price you paid?: None indicated
| Rating: 8
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Pros:
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finish is good
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Cons:
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workmanship shoddy at times
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Would not recommend it as a first rifle for the novice. Here in my area I have talked to three other guys with the exact same workmanship problems that results in having to float or bed the barrel. I solved my problems but the other guys have stopped shooting their Hawkens. Warrenty was useless they didn't fix it.
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montcalm
Pilgrim
Registered: December 2005
Location: Central Michigan
Posts: 4
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Review Date: Sat March 22, 2008
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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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fit &finish
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Cons:
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barrel had tight spot that was a little annoying
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My first muzzleloader perchased in 1975.I still use it for hunting ; added a peep sight.It has taken five bucks over the years,four using patched round ball.
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Mark Lewis
69 Cal.
Registered: July 2005
Location: Florida
Posts: 3051
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Review Date: Mon April 14, 2008
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Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Price you paid?: None indicated
| Rating: 8
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Pros:
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Nice inexpensive rifle
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Cons:
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I wish they would just go to the 1 in 66" barrel twist so it wouldn't be necessary to buy a Green Mountain barrel.
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I've owned several and I think they are a nice for the money. I usually try to get them second hand. They work well for the novice, and those for whom historical accuracy isn't important.
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snake-eyes
75 Cal.
Registered: July 2004
Location: Reynoldsburg,Ohio
Posts: 6995
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Review Date: Fri April 25, 2008
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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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price,durability,warranty
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Cons:
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nothing to ammount to anything
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I gave it a 9 just because I don't consider anything perfect
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treeman
Pilgrim
Registered: May 2008
Posts: 2
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Review Date: Sat May 3, 2008
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Would you recommend the product? No |
Price you paid?: None indicated
| Rating: 1
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Pros:
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nice looking
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Cons:
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new gun wouldn't shoot
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Bought new .50 cal hawken for the wife. Took her to a rendezvous to shoot new gun, Wouldn't shoot.
It was all rusted in the trigger lock, and the hammer was loose. Cheap brass was too white looking.
Returned it to the store. We'll get here a Lyman great plains with the 1:66 twist instead.
Needless to say, very disappointed.
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Rollover Jack
32 Cal.
Registered: May 2008
Location: Texxis
Posts: 37
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Review Date: Sat May 10, 2008
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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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American, Co. still around, bullseyes first time shooting, more
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Cons:
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"In-the-spirit" replica could have been closer to Kit Carson's.
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I have just bought my second, both used. Latest shot 5 "X" out of 8 shots, first try at 50 yds till cleaning patch stuck in bore. Co.website has accessories. I would buy more if I had more $$. Newbie? Don't hesitate if you like the style. Used kit may be "rough".Doesn't like patched balls w/more than 80g FFg. Have shot mine with 200g FFg, no prob. "DON'T TRY THIS YOURSELF!!"
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Mike.54
32 Cal.
Registered: May 2008
Location: North Central Ohio
Posts: 5
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Review Date: Sun May 11, 2008
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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 balanced, American made
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Cons:
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Brass furniture
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I completed a .50 cal T/C kit this winter that was given to me by a good friend who is no longer with us. The Rifle has nicely figured walnut and the barrel does not have the QLA (tm) muzzle. The lands and grooves run right out to the end of the barrel. I believe the kit was produced in the eighties. I finnished the barrel and underrib plumb brown. Looks great outside in the sunshine. My friend had bought a wax cast buckhorn rear sight and narrow blade hawken style front sight. I finnished the rear sight brown to match the barrel. The modern adjustable sights just don't look right on the flinter. I still have to loosen up the barrel to stock fit as it binds a little. I made an oak display board with Ted Cash antique brass hangers for the rifle. I thought it would be a great way to honor my friend who was burning black powder back in the 1970's when I was still a kid. Looking foreward to putting some lead through it this summer.
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PA Rifleman
40 Cal.
Registered: November 2006
Location: Southeastern PA, USA
Posts: 145
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Review Date: Thu December 11, 2008
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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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Extremely well built, accurate & tough
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Cons:
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Not even close to historically accurate
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I've had several over the years. My first one was a kit gun someone else put together with questionable woodworking skills. At the time I wasn't much better, but despite this the rifle shot extremely well. My first TC Hawken would keep up with modern production rifles out to 100-200 yards, and had a gratifying effect on water-filled jugs. It did even better with "chess pawns" as we called them, the TC maxi-balls. I sold it and soon regretted it. so now I have a Renegade in 54 cal and a spare barrel in 50 cal.
Accurate and tough, it was a breeze to clean. The barrel popped out with a single wedge and the lock only needed to be wiped off. I never had any breakage issues.
I wish TC had continued production of the Hawken Silver Elite, they were all stainless Hawkens and would have been closer to original as many guns were delivered "in the white" to their first owners.
The only reason I won't give this rifle a solid 10 is Thompson Center seems more interested in maintaining their signature architecture rather than making a historically accurate gun. They certainly can do it, but apparently they feel it isn't worth the effort. Despite this, I highly recommend the TC Hawken.
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