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  1. reddhawk

    Thompson Center Hawken Cleland Match Rifle

    Owners?
  2. reddhawk

    T/C charge pocket question.

    FYI: Plan drawing, full exact size, Nock's patent breech: "No. T/C did use the patent breech (Nock Patent). Probably mostly to force owners to buy their special stepped cleaning jag." Henry Nock was granted a patent in April, 1757, for his clever "false breech", which improved ignition and...
  3. reddhawk

    T/C charge pocket question.

    No need to remove breech plug now that I'm confident my T/C is not all fowled up. Great photos!. Much appreciated.
  4. reddhawk

    T/C charge pocket question.

    Yes! Wow, that is a closeup of what it looks like. Thank you,
  5. reddhawk

    T/C charge pocket question.

    What happened was I'd left a patched lead ball in the barrel without a charge. I used a screw puller and co2 blowout but no solid ball came out just bits and pieces. I cleaned and scrubbed the mess out of it and noticed that shallow, smooth, rounded ridge just forward of the end of the barrel...
  6. reddhawk

    Seating the ball

    I'm looking down, inside my T/C .50 black powder muzzle loading rifle and there appears to be a protruding ring just above the bottom of the barrel. I can feel it with my cleaning rod, too. Question: Is this ring to prevent pushing the round ball down further onto the charge? It would allow the...
  7. reddhawk

    T/C charge pocket question.

    I'm looking down, inside my T/C .50 black powder muzzle loading rifle and there appears to be a protruding ring just above the bottom of the barrel. I can feel it with my cleaning rod, too. Question: Is this ring to prevent pushing the round ball down further onto the charge? It would allow the...
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