Which Thompson Center did I find today?

[walruskid1]

Picked up a 45 caliber percussion with a hawken style stock. The barrel says Thompson Center 45 caliber on it. It's not marked hawken, renegade, Seneca, Cherokee or anything like that . It just says Thompson Center. It has set triggers. It also has adjustable sights.

 

[Walkingeagle]

Post a couple pictures and you will recieve an answer quickly. Also measure barrel length and width (across the flats), 1”, 15/16”, etc. This measurement is critical to be precise.
Walk

 

[walruskid1]

Post a couple pictures and you will recieve an answer quickly. Also measure barrel length and width (across the flats), 1”, 15/16”, etc. This measurement is critical to be precise.
Walk

It's 15/16 across the flats. soon as I find a tape measure I'll get the length on the barrel

 

[walruskid1]

It's 15/16 across the flats. soon as I find a tape measure I'll get the length on the barrel

Picked up a 45 caliber percussion with a hawken style stock. The barrel says Thompson Center 45 caliber on it. It's not marked hawken, renegade, Seneca, Cherokee or anything like that . It just says Thompson Center. It has set triggers. It also has adjustable sights.

 

[bubba.50]

It is a TC Hawken. There’s as many TC’s that don’t name the model as there are ones that do. No rhyme nor rreason to it either.

 

[Dave Marsh]

Well for sure its not a Renegade if it is 15/16ths across the flats. Sounds like a Hawken but need to see pictures of the rest of it.

 

[Dale Lilly]

Good day all. I have a TC, also without a 'name designation'. However it is the same as later Hawkens I think. [15/16ths across flats, 29" barrel] It is a kit build I believe because the serial # is K228392. It has really pretty wood and is as well done as any factory TC that I have seen. [no, I did not make it … bought it at a pawn shop in a tiny town in Oklahoma] Polecat

 

[walruskid1]

The guy that I picked it up from said that it was an early one. It's not a kit built. Serial number is 83190 I don't know if that does any good in pinning down an age.

 

[walruskid1]

 

[Zonie]

When TC started making its "Hawken" rifle, that was the only sidelock they made so there wasn't a good reason to stamp "Hawken" on the barrel.
Later, when they started making other style sidelock rifles, stamping the model name on the barrel became more important.

 

[Walkingeagle]

Thats the picture we needed. Yes, its a TC Hawken which the brass has been darkened on. Serial number indicates it is not real early (4 digit numbers early), but I cannot tell you exact year. Hammer spur indicates the lock is not of newer design.
In any event, its a Hawken.
Walk

 

[walruskid1]

Thats the picture we needed. Yes, its a TC Hawken which the brass has been darkened on. Serial number indicates it is not real early (4 digit numbers early), but I cannot tell you exact year. Hammer spur indicates the lock is not of newer design.
In any event, its a Hawken.
Walk

Thank you, I had several renegades in the past including a 56 caliber smooth bore. This is my first tc hawken. I normally shoot my under hammers but I do appreciate any nice percussion rifle

 

[user 48679]

The barrel thickness across-the-flats is the identifier.

The T/C Hawken was only made with a 1" or 15/16" wide bbl.

The T/C renegade was only made with a 1" wide bbl.

The T/C Cherokee, Patriot & Seneca were only made a 13/16" wide bbl.

My two early Seneca's with the barrels only marked for the caliber.

 

[ord sgt]

If the rifle has brass furniture, it is the Hawken model. It looks just like my T/C.

 

[MSW]

Congrats on your new rifle, which i believe to be a "hawken" model. Though there rae many who look down their collective nose at this rifle, they have put a boatload of deer into the freezer. Mine has never failed me (except when i did dumb stuff, like forgot to load it or somesuch).

Check out Dutch Schoultz' method, here:
http://blackpowderrifleaccuracy.com...r flintlock, can be improved with this system.

this is, to my mind, the best non shooting accessory you can get. if you follow his instructions, your groups will shrink: he guarantees it.

 

[Old Timer 48]

It is an early one, there best, because it is marked Cal. 45. The newer ones were marked 45 Cal.

 

[walruskid1]

I can't wait to get out to the range, possibly this weekend.