Sharon barrel company

[Wprovence]

Howdy guys, I have a rifle that looks like a TC but it has on the barrel, Sharon Barrel Company. It's a 54 cal. Would anyone know, are they set up like a TC with a 1-48 twist?
I also have another TC renagade barrel in 54 but it is a kit barrel, I guess ,because the serial number starts with K. Are they as good as the regular barrels?. Thanks..........Bill

 

[MercerLake]

:v I have a .54 barrel by Sharon and it is 1:66", shoots very well with a .530 ball and .015" patch. I believe that their barrels were for PRb. :v

 

[Russ T Frizzen]

Hall Sharon built some great black powder barrels and offered kits too. He had a fullstock and a halfstock Hawken, and a 10 or 12 gauge English style single barrel percussion fowler. His least expensive kit was a halfstock trade rifle and that might be what you have. These were all top quality guns. The barrels were rifled with rates appropriate for patched ball.

 

[Fishhog]

I have an older circa 1975 tc 50 flint barrel which was a kit gun also .Was always wondering if it was a Sharon barel.Looked at past archives and never really found out,only marking on mine is a diamond on the bottom flat at the breech end.Seems I have read some Douglas barrels also were made..Ray

 

[CoyoteJoe]

I doubt that T/C ever used any barrels not of their own manufacture, however, over the years, many have been upgraded by fitting them with better barrels. I agree with Russ T, probably a Sharon "Trade-Rifle".

 

[lonewolf5347]

early barrel on t/c was made by sharon : you should have a heart or spade on the underside of the barrel near the tang.
Douglas was also putting there barrel on t/c in the mid 70's
I been told barrel that have model names on them like hawken,renegade are made by t/c

 

[TexiKan]

Are they as good as the regular barrels?. Thanks..........Bill

If you are asking about the Sharon barrels, I will tell you they are fine ones. I purchased one of their Hawken kits and they cost more than most kits available at the time. If I recall correctly, they also made replacement barrels for other brand rifles.

The Sharon company didn't last too long. I don't see too many of their products around.

TexiKan

 

[Toomuch_36]

To the best of my knowledge Sharon also made the .56 cal. smooth bore for the Renegade.
Theye also made an aftermarket smooth bore drop-in in .50 cal. for the Hawken that were outstanding for turkey with #5 shot.

Toomuch
...........
Shoot Flint

 

[Joel Lehman]

I have a 62 cal smoothbore Sharon barrel that fits a 15/16 TC Hawken. It shoots very well with ball or shot.

 

[Wprovence]

Thanks everyone for the help. I will try PRB in it. My rifle has a beautiful curl walnut stock. Same configureation as a T/C Hawkin. It has some dings in it , so Im going to have it refinished. Maybe the figure in the wood will come out better.

Now for the T/C renagade kit barrels. Are they of the same quality as Sharon barrels or even as good as the regular T/c barrels?

I had a T/C 56 SB, I sent it off and had it rebored to 62 cal SB. I think it should be a fun one to shoot. Thanks again guys.........Bill

 

[CoyoteJoe]

I'm no authority on the history of T/C but I got a T/C Hawken .50 caliber in 1972 and it was definitely not a Sharon barrel, 48" twist and shallow grooves just like today's T/C, while Sharon barrels were cut rifled .010-.012" deep and in the appropriate round ball twist. I also doubt they made the .56 smoothbore barrel, the one I have is T/C all the way and I think Sharon was already out of business by the time the smoothbore Renegade came out.
As to your T/C Kit gun, yes the barrels are the same as supplied on a finished gun, but no, they are not the same as a Sharon barrel.
I believe your gun marked "Sharon" was made entirely by Sharon and the T/C by T/C.

 

[Wprovence]

Thanks CoyoteJoe, I believe your right. The stock is a better grade walnut. The brass pieces on the stock are also thicker than on a T/C Hawkin. It's a very nice rifle. Thanks again...........Bill

 

[Toomuch_36]

I'm not entirely sure if Sharon made the .56 for T/C but we picked up aboout two dozen of the Sharon .50 drop-in barrels in a buy-out about 20 years ago and our customers just snaped them up in no time.

Toomuch
.........
Shoot Flint

 

[CoyoteJoe]

I'm not entirely sure if Sharon made the .56 for T/C but we picked up aboout two dozen of the Sharon .50 drop-in barrels in a buy-out about 20 years ago and our customers just snaped them up in no time.

Toomuch
.........
Shoot Flint

I'll bet they did! I have a .54 Sharon on a T/C renegade, however mine was anything but a drop-in, I had to cut the breechplug tang to fit the T/C hooked tang and cut the T/C lockplate to make room for the nipple drum which was already fitted to the Sharon barrel, then bend the T/C hammer to hit the nipple, install the underlug, rib and ramrod thimbles and sights. With all of that done, NOW it is a drop-in! :haha: But I still have to switch hammers if I wish to fire the original T/C barrel.