Early Production TC Barrels

Anyone know if the rate of twist in these early production barrels(4 digit serial number)or how they shoot?

 

[roundball]

"...Anyone know if the rate of twist in these early production barrels(4 digit serial number)or how they shoot?

What early production barrels are you referring to?

Are they TC stamped?
Caliber?
Barrel length?
Flint or cap?
Hawken, Renegade, New Englander, etc, etc?

It's impossible to guess without more details.

For example, TC has used sets of serial numbers per model and per barrel type.

One example is that TC Hawken & Renegade 1:66" round ball barrels are all 4 digit numbers.

Another example is thatr every 5 years TC has made some sort of limited production special runs of 5000 (usually) models called cougars, silver elites, customs, etc, etc, etc, and all those had standard 1:48" barrels but carried 4 digit serial numbers.

You see the dilemma...

 

[boar]

Most were 1-48, I got mine in 82. TC miss the boat on the 1-66 RB barrels. People were taking off the breechplugs(why you can't get them now) and putting them on Green MT barrels, so Tc changed the treads, then they cane out with their RB barrels(1-66). I shot against these guns,TC stock,GMT barrels(1-66). When I first went to Log Cabin in 82 their was some hawkin guns that were made at Cherry Corners,O. Also my buddy had a hawkin that was called a Buckeye Iof 500, the only one I every saw. It was almost the same as a White MT, could have been the forerunner of it. I thinking it may have come from cherry corners, not sure. I think it had the 1-48 as it would RB real good. It had the short barrel 20 some inches. We shot it 90yrds with RB 90 grs of 2ff and it was in the bull, He had a scope on it as his eyes weren't that good at the time,sickness. When his eyes were good I saw him shoot stones in air, with 22 I was tossing them. He is gone now. Roy Horn. Dilly

 

[Ohio Rusty]

I had an early production T/C hawken in 50 caliber. It was a Douglas Barrel, it was 1 turn in 48 inches, and it was absolutely terrible with round balls. I tried numerous different loads, powders, patches, lubes ...you name it. You could barely keep a round ball on a 3 foot by 3 foot target at 25 yards. When I finally switched over to hollow base - hollow point Buffalo bullets (conicals) ...those were the best bullets I ever shot !! I could drive those Buffalo Bullet conicals almost thru one hole at 60 yards. That was the only thing I shot in that hawken for years after until I finally sold it and changed over to flintlocks. The gun told me what it liked, and it absolutely despised round balls.
Ohio Rusty

 

[Slamfire]

I haven't had a problem with my 0" twist early barrel. :rotf: