Dumb old gunsmith question

[Philip Lebow]

Customer brought in an Old T/C Hawken kit for construction.
Were the old T/Cs made by Investarms? The flat top bolster kind of looks that way.
I think it will need a flash cup for safety...
Posts here in the forum suggest Investarms made them for T/C.
Is this correct?
Pardon my ignorance of these older kits...

 

[Trot]

No, but I believe Investarm took a lot of inspiration from TC, ok, downright copied them!

 

[2 shots]

t/c was made in New Hampshire, U.S. of A

 

[stubshaft]

Nope, genuine made in America!

 

[snakebit]

I'm no gunsmith, but I am kinda dumb. No, they did not

 

[OldRust]

I have read the story both ways, that TC copied the Italians on the Hawken & also that the Italians - Investarms copied Thompson Centers rifle. All that I can say from experience is that some of the components will interchange between the two.

Thanks,
O.R.

Also not a gunsmith, but dumb and a tinkerer. <G>

 

[FishDFly]

Made in the U.S.A. Flash cup is not needed.

 

[2 shots]

flash cap built in