White Oak
40 Cal.
After about a 2 1/2 year search I have found my TC 54 cal. Hawken flintlock. Oh I was able to find them but had to get passed the guys who thought they had museum pieces and were priced accordingly or the guns that were so badly abused that I wouldn't want them at any price. I have walked away from around a dozen of them during my search due to price or condition.
Caplocks were much more available in 54 than flintlocks and at more reasonable prices.50 cal. flintlocks are also more common. But I was stuck on a 54. My other 4 rifles are all 54s with the exception of one 58. The 54s have served me well.
Got a hit on an ad Saturday morning. The owner immediately offered his name and phone number and sent pictures as soon as I contacted him. I asked for additional pics of other areas of the gun and he supplied them. During a phone conversation I learned that it was a one owner gun purchased by his father to take part in a primitive hunt. Fired enough to sight in, used on the hunt, thoroughly cleaned and put away. The rifle has since been given to him and he has no interest in it.
It is an older gun with a 4 digit serial# and no warning on the barrel. I realize this also means it has the old style lock. Believe I will be buying an altered Lyman frizzen for it just in case. In the future an L&R replacement lock may become necessary. I do have the same lock on my Renegade flinter and since TC replaced the frizzen several years ago I have had no problems with it. There are a few small handling dings in the stock but nothing major.The bluing looks perfect and the lock looks very clean.
Getting her in July allows plenty of time to get well acquainted by fall. This will be my new deer rifle for both the regular rifle and the ML seasons.
Take care,
Ed
Caplocks were much more available in 54 than flintlocks and at more reasonable prices.50 cal. flintlocks are also more common. But I was stuck on a 54. My other 4 rifles are all 54s with the exception of one 58. The 54s have served me well.
Got a hit on an ad Saturday morning. The owner immediately offered his name and phone number and sent pictures as soon as I contacted him. I asked for additional pics of other areas of the gun and he supplied them. During a phone conversation I learned that it was a one owner gun purchased by his father to take part in a primitive hunt. Fired enough to sight in, used on the hunt, thoroughly cleaned and put away. The rifle has since been given to him and he has no interest in it.
It is an older gun with a 4 digit serial# and no warning on the barrel. I realize this also means it has the old style lock. Believe I will be buying an altered Lyman frizzen for it just in case. In the future an L&R replacement lock may become necessary. I do have the same lock on my Renegade flinter and since TC replaced the frizzen several years ago I have had no problems with it. There are a few small handling dings in the stock but nothing major.The bluing looks perfect and the lock looks very clean.
Getting her in July allows plenty of time to get well acquainted by fall. This will be my new deer rifle for both the regular rifle and the ML seasons.
Take care,
Ed