PHOTO: Early Style Stock Design on TC Hawken

[roundball]

In reference to discussions about the early design of TC Hawken stocks, here's a photo of a 70's vintage stock I just picked up to convert to a Flintlock.

The physical size of the buttstock is larger, with a more pronounced distinctive shape than current production stocks...this one's LOP is long 14 + 3/4", and it has a lot more drop than current production.

I have all the brass soaking in a bucket of white vinegar and it'll turn back to bright polished like new condition in 2-3 days...will have an antique furniture place chemically strip the stock...I'll refinish it with Tru-Oil, modify the lock mortise to accept a flint lock assembly, drop in a flint barrel, sell the percussion items, and have a great fitting flintlock at a very reasonable cost.

 

[Bob J]

Roundball - Sounds like a good plan. Please post the AFTER photo :: Dad gave me mine for my 13th Christmas (.50 perc) and that was in 1978. He may have had it a couple of years or 3? Have you ever seen an early T.C. Hawken with a real pretty factory "tiger-striped" stock?

 

[roundball]

Roundball - Sounds like a good plan. Please post the AFTER photo :: Dad gave me mine for my 13th Christmas (.50 perc) and that was in 1978. He may have had it a couple of years or 3? Have you ever seen an early T.C. Hawken with a real pretty factory "tiger-striped" stock?

I haven't seen an 'early' one with tiger-stripe but have owned a couple of 80's vintage stocks like that...both were to short for me and I ultimately sold them

 

[Bob J]

I've never seen another "factory" T.C. stock like it. Did T.C. ever use maple or is it another wood that happens to have curl?

 

[Will Bison]

Both of my TC guns are as shown in your photo. I think one is a late 60's and the other early 70's. I much prefer the older type stock and lock with straight back hammer.

 

[roundball]

I've never seen another "factory" T.C. stock like it. Did T.C. ever use maple or is it another wood that happens to have curl?

Not to my knowledge...both of these were walnut with a real pretty tiger-stripe or flame sort of pattern that would remind you of curly maple but not quite the same as maple curl...I refinished both of them and the Tru-Oil just made the pattern jump out...it's been my experience that TC's factory spray on finishes mask off a lot of pretty figure in some TC stocks...

 

[sidelock]

Thanks for the pic. Roundball. I have a Hawken just like the one pictured--- except I purchased it as a kit and built it up myself in 1977. I changed the stock profile just a little to slim it up a bit and finished it with linseed oil.The sereal no on the bbl. is K45084. It sure is a shooter. I also made brass sling swivels-- the front attaches to the nose cap and the rear to the butt with brass screws. Love it :thumbsup:

 

[reddogge]

I did a kit in the 70's that looked identical to that one.

My brother in law won a nice curly maple Fajen stock for his T?C flinter and I redid the whole rifle using pewter nose cap, Hawken iron buttplate, and trigger guard, homemade iron thimbles and entry pipe and fixed iron rear sights and dovetailed German silver blade front. I made a non working oval iron patch box to cover up the T/C inlet. It looked great.

 

[SAJones]

My first ML rifle was a TC I bought in '72. It has a plain walnut stock. It doesn't have enough drop to my way of thinking, anything over 100 grs really smacks my cheek. Fortunately, I seldom use more than 70. Was a good shooting rifle until I ruined the barrel, but it still shoots fine w/ the replacement Green River barrel.

My Renegade of the late '80s has a walnut stock also, but I rebuilt the rifle, & the finished stock looks a lot better than the TC factory job, but it is plain walnut also.

 

[DVanVorous]

In reference to discussions about the early design of TC Hawken stocks, here's a photo of a 70's vintage stock I just picked up to convert to a Flintlock.

The physical size of the buttstock is larger, with a more pronounced distinctive shape than current production stocks...this one's LOP is long 14 + 3/4", and it has a lot more drop than current production.

I have all the brass soaking in a bucket of white vinegar and it'll turn back to bright polished like new condition in 2-3 days...will have an antique furniture place chemically strip the stock...I'll refinish it with Tru-Oil, modify the lock mortise to accept a flint lock assembly, drop in a flint barrel, sell the percussion items, and have a great fitting flintlock at a very reasonable cost.

Looks exactly like the one I bought new in '75... ::
which fits my 6'1" son fine but point right after the grip catches me under the cheek bone cuz Im 6'3 with a long neck. The rifle I built to replace my T/C that fits has a 15.5" pull and 3.5" drop (In comparison to around 2.5" on the T/C). I still use the T/C for hunting cuz its a little lighter.

Keep yer powder dry,

D.