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About 4 or 5 years ago I screwed up by cross threading the nipple into the drum on an inherited T/C 50 caliber Hawkin. This was a kit gun from the early 80s that I loving completed in my buddy's honor a few years prior. Local gunsmith didn't have the proper tap for the drum and suggested I send it back to T/C, now owned by S&W. Frustration turned to complete disgust when they "trashed" the original browned barrel and sent back one they found laying around with the building. It was blued and with the easy loading barrel feature. The nipple wouldn't even line up. I was near fit to be to tied.
After carefully tapping the removed hammer with a plastic mallet it would at least line up. In the safe it went not to be touched, until Saturday, that is.
I wasn't happy how the Blue Ridge threw a round ball last January in my homicidal effort to kill a young buck. The deer died quickly but I've been musing ever since. You know what I mean. Being completely out of Maxihunters meant that for the first time in 32 years of Mzlding I would fire a RB out of a Thompson Center with a 1/48 twist. Alright, I can be open to new adventures.
When the first two shots at 50 yards nestled in so close to each other a grin started to lift the corners of my lips. By the end of the session I could confidently say this rifle will accompany me this coming MZ season in the Buckeye state. The foul taste of S&W's swap has left my mouth. This Hawkin has been redeemed, and in my eyes now a valuable member of my mzlding family.
After carefully tapping the removed hammer with a plastic mallet it would at least line up. In the safe it went not to be touched, until Saturday, that is.
I wasn't happy how the Blue Ridge threw a round ball last January in my homicidal effort to kill a young buck. The deer died quickly but I've been musing ever since. You know what I mean. Being completely out of Maxihunters meant that for the first time in 32 years of Mzlding I would fire a RB out of a Thompson Center with a 1/48 twist. Alright, I can be open to new adventures.
When the first two shots at 50 yards nestled in so close to each other a grin started to lift the corners of my lips. By the end of the session I could confidently say this rifle will accompany me this coming MZ season in the Buckeye state. The foul taste of S&W's swap has left my mouth. This Hawkin has been redeemed, and in my eyes now a valuable member of my mzlding family.
