T/C Hawken barrel conversion

[William G]

William G, I haven't installed it yet (waiting on a ramrod detent spring to arrive).
I'm curious too, though I'm not old enough for the weight to bother me (I'm only 77). I'll buy a scale today and weigh it.

Thank you Sir.

 

[William G]

Bobby Hoyt is your man to go to! He rebored a barrel for me (50 to 54) and it's a shooter. He won't bore out a barrel that will either be unsafe or inaccurate when it's finished. It's worth the shipping cost to find out.

Yes Sir, I have a barrel right now at Mr. Hoyt’s shop that he’s taking out to .54.

 

[JimCunn]

What did he charge?

 

[William G]

125.00 plus return shipping is what he quoted me a couple weeks ago.

 

[JimCunn]

That's quite reasonable.

 

[Bad Karma]

I paid him $150.00 all in to bore my last one and ship to me in Colorado. That’s a bargain of the first order.

 

[JimCunn]

Ramrod springs and screws arrived today. Will have to do the bushing to fill the oversize hole. Spring isn't laterally stable with nothing underneath it to support it. Screw is a also a bit softer than I would have wished. Gotta get a better screwdriver so I can really crank down on the screw. But, it does hold the ramrod in place OK. I was surprised that the screws were bare metal, unblued.

 

[Grimord]

Hit the head of the screws with a propane torch to give them a blued effect.

 

[stikshooter]

For what it is worth, ask Bobby what thinks. If he believes it will be a problem or not safe, he will turn the job down. We are just offering unqualified opinions, while Bobby is what they call a subject matter expert.

I can say for sure as he"s done several 54 in 15/16 barrels , (I like ) a choice in twists/Ed

 

[William G]

Jim. I just got in the GM IBS .54 15/16” 32 incher. I put it on the TC Hawken and weighed it on my food scale. 8 pd,6 oz unloaded.

 

[Hylander]

I just ordered a GM IBS .50 for my Hawken today