End of an Era...

[roundball]

Closed the book on 18 years of T/C Hawkens today...shipped out the last one with it's beautiful stock and .28ga GM smoothbore barrel...excellent on small game and deer, it was a favorite until the end...

 

[Problem Child]

But.....that's a Flintlock with really nice wood. :shocked2:

 

[roundball]

It is an exceptional stock to be factory”¦and that hunting photo doesn’t do it justice:

 

[Kentuckywindage]

Whats the reason behind selling them off if you dont mind me asking.

That one did have a pretty stock on it.

 

[roundball]

Transitioned everything from half stocks to full stocks to have that experience for a few years now...

 

That is one of the best lookin' T/C Hawkens I've ever seen. Oh, and nice wood! :blah:

 

[hellerodsyahoo.com]

Better to see them go than just sit around collecting dust.Maybe they will spend some more time in the field and have a second life? I hope my flintlocks keep working after I'm done with them----------Leebone

 

[BillinOregon]

Roundball: Take comfort in their very superior replacements!

 

[Bill Hall]

Roundball, I first started seeing your posts as far back as 2000, on that board run by that egotistic New Yorker. Well, everybody gets a nickname in my life, and yours has always been "Mr Thompson Center". Nothing derogatory meant by it, I just figured you knew more about T/C firearms than even most of the people who worked for them. :wink: Well, now I need to come up with a new nickname for you. How about "Mr. all around knowledgeable muzzleoader guy?" Short but sweet, eh? Bill

 

[roundball]

Man, I'd forgotten all about that...fortunately psychotics are few and far between

 

[Eric M]

That is a beautiful rifle. I just killed my first BP deer with a T/C Hawken I built with my grandfather before he passed. I bought it from a guy who never put the kit together. By far my favorite gun.

 

[roundball]

They're an excellent product for sure...

 

[Rat Trapper]

Roundball,
Your going to miss all those wonderful TC rifles!

 

[Mike Brooks]

I remember a few years ago when I said TC's where nice transitional guns for beginners untill they moved up to something else, and you went BALLISTIC! :rotf:

 

[bnail]

Closed the book on 18 years of T/C Hawkens today...shipped out the last one with it's beautiful stock and .28ga GM smoothbore barrel...excellent on small game and deer, it was a favorite until the end...

don't know how you could do it RB. I'd hold onto at last that one 'til the second coming!
you'reheaded in a good direction!

 

[roundball]

Yeah, would have liked to have kept a few of them just because...but...practicality had to prevail

 

[Bob J]

Yeah, would have liked to have kept a few of them just because...but...practicality had to prevail

As a friend of mine is fond of saying, "reality dictates." I sold my modern rifles to pay for percussions, then sold those off one-by-one to buy one flintlock and build another.

 

[roundball]

Amen...

 

[dbutch]

Rb..My newphew just picked up where you let off... there is hope..they are gone but the many memories are not..time to make some new ones.
Enjoy the ride......

 

[roundball]

Rb..My newphew just picked up where you let off... there is hope..they are gone but the many memories are not..time to make some new ones. Enjoy the ride......

Yup...C/B is starting on his way and I've started making meat with my replacements...
:wink: