Green Mountain .36 caliber questions

[Buffalo Man]

I purchased a TC Hawken stock that has a Green Mountain .36 caliber drop in barrel. The barrel serial is 006xxx. I’m wondering what the twist rate is, when it was made, and can you recommend some loads for general shooting and hunting. It appears to be like new in every way I can observe. Finally, why are Green Mountain barrels considered to be so good?

 

[Grimord]

I purchased a TC Hawken stock that has a Green Mountain .36 caliber drop in barrel. The barrel serial is 006xxx. I’m wondering what the twist rate is, when it was made, and can you recommend some loads for general shooting and hunting. It appears to be like new in every way I can observe. Finally, why are Green Mountain barrels considered to be so good?

I had one in .36 for a Renegade. It had a 1:48"twist and was a real shooter.

 

[hanshi]

I purchased a TC Hawken stock that has a Green Mountain .36 caliber drop in barrel. The barrel serial is 006xxx. I’m wondering what the twist rate is, when it was made, and can you recommend some loads for general shooting and hunting. It appears to be like new in every way I can observe. Finally, why are Green Mountain barrels considered to be so good?

Welcome to the forum, Buffalo Man. I can't say why GM barrels are so good, just that they are. I have a swamped GM .40 on a rifle that I got way back and it is excellent!

 

[Boomerang]

Finally, why are Green Mountain barrels considered to be so good?

One reason is because they use 1137 steel for the barrels. A much higher grade of steel than 12L14 which a lot of others use. 12L14 is easy to machine and easy on tooling and that is why others use it.

 

[J dirt]

I have a green Mountain .45 on a t/c renegade. Accuracy is superb.

 

[oldwood]

Green Mtn. barrels are good as any . Used a bunch of them.

 

[pchwcf50110]

I have a Green Mnt. .36 drop in for my T/C Hawken that I bought in 1988 from Dixie Gun Works. serial # 005010

 

[Grenadier1758]

The Green Mountain barrels are considered to be good because they have proven to be good. Good quality steel. Straight barrels. Balanced lands and grooves. Deep grooves.

 

[nkbj]

Got three drop-in's left; a .40, a .62 smooth and a .62 that was after-market rifled.
Also, didn't GM make barrels for TC at one point? Think I read that somewhere on the interseine.

 

[Kansas Kid]

The best shooting GM barrels will have wide groove and narrow lands like this .40 cal.

 

[Jamie from Alberta]

I have a .58 1:70 twist drop in on my TC Hawken. It replaced the original .54 bbl.
I can’t say enough good things about the quality.
some very minor fitting with the under barrel rib and that’s it. Shoots like a dream!
A lucky score for me. You can get a good idea on what your twist is by marking your ram rod and stuffing a patch down the bore counting the number of revolutions.

 

[Stubert]

I put a GM .54 slow twist on a 1980's Cabelas Hawkin, It is a tack driver. I have a tight bore and use an old .526 Lee mold. Great barrels.