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Would you care to share the technique that you used to tiger stripe that stock?

I have re-shaped the nose of a T/C Hawken that had the early high comb cheek piece; I found it to be quite uncomfortable. I did not get rid of the cheek piece itself; taking down the nose solved the problem for me. In the attached photo the top rifle is a Investarms .54 Hawken (un-modified). The...

OK, since it's already teed up, I'll take the swing; You must be joking! :thumb:

I find this to be an interesting subject. I recently bought an orphaned Seneca and during the cleaning and fondling stage I reviewed the T/C owners manuals that I have accumulated over the years; only one has any mention of sight adjustment and it is a copy dated 1990 (red cover). In that manual...

The following is my speculation on this subject. The can in the OP shows no date on the label, but, has SUPERFINE on it. I think we can speculate that cans of this era were using Roman numerals to designate grade of powder. My further speculation is that these cans pre-date 1924. Then we have...

Your welcome. I'm not sure I understand what you are saying reference the lock; is it falling into the half cock notch when you pull the trigger? Take the lock out and take pictures and post here; someone more experienced than I should be able to help you with that. As to finish/re-finish, I'm...

In the No. 15 T/C catalog the description for the New Englander kit guns touts that "All steel parts are completely finished and blued." All other models with the same/similar butt plate such as Renegade or Penn. Hunter are listed as having blued hardware. I have had a couple New Englanders in...

Just re-read my own reply post; hopefully everyone realizes that "obsure" is the new math spelling for OBSCURE.:doh:

While I suppose that it would be possible to find popcicle sticks that are soft, most are made of birch which falls between beech (harder) and walnut (softer) on the hardness chart of woods. I would definitely not use the popcicle stick if it seemed too soft; on the other hand, if the stock in...

Find yourself a copy of the New 2nd Edition Black Powder Gun Digest (1977); chapter 31 is titled Birth Of A Muzzleloader; it is a synoposis of how T/C black powder guns got started. Warren Center is quoted often in the article. To the point of your inquiry, Center stated that the Hawken was...

I picked up on the word cheap right away and my heart warmed. I'd glue in some popcicle stick; sand to fit and stain.

The barrel should measure at 24". The original sight is I believe a standard bead on blade. One thing I've found that I dislike about the CVA adjustible rear sight is that when adjusted all the way down (the position that I always start with and often find is where I want it for 50-75 yard...

Have you checked the part with a magnet? Could just be the lighting of the photos, but, it looks like it could be heavily soiled brass.

I think back to one of my best/worst opening days of deer season when I actually did belly crawl through some icy meadow grass to put the sneak on a big buck that was walking in a corn field that had just been taken off the day before; the deer were using it as if the stalks were still there...

I think the lighting and how your eye percieves the sights/target could very well be the problem, especially if the sights are secure and you are being consistent. I mentioned once in a previous post about a similar subject that I had noticed that when I shot two side by side targets with...

Be careful Dale; I've got a friend who told his wife once about how he thought that she should go about selling off his collection if he "crossed over"; she told him that she would never sell his guns; he too was tickled until she followed up with, "I'll use them to get another man." But, all is...

Another thing to check is the hammer cup; sometimes you will get a spent cap stuck inside of the hammer cup and it will act as a cushion on following shots. Oh, and look twice; the last time this happened to me at the range I checked the hammer cup and thought it was ok, continued to have the...

I have a guess for you; I once tracked down a smaller 6pt. that came by me dragging a nearly shot off rear leg. About a half mile into the track I heard the most awful moan/groan sound from about fifty yards away; it was the buck; he finally lost enough blood that he couldn't get over a wire...

Most T/C sidelock manuals became generic. I have a red covered manual from 1990; it lumps load data for the Pennsylvania Hunter in with .50 round ball loads for Hawken, Renegade, etc. It shows FFG loads from 50 grains upto 110 grains max. using .490 ball and of course T/C patch material and...

Well, if it was priced at $100 I'd buy it and not worry; if it was $1,000 I'd be thinking back to the first kit I ever bought in the 1970s; it was a '51 Navy with not a single # or makers mark on it; kinda like going to the art store and buying a blank canvas. Just noticed while typing that the...