smoothboring a T/C Hawken

[CoyoteJoe]

Only problem I see is that T/C breechplugs are fitted up exceptionally tight (I'd say "stupidly tight") and are nearly impossible to remove without damage to the barrel. Since you say this is not T/C made, you may be OK. Good luck. ::

 

[Deadeye]

Just finished boring out a TC .54 1" to 20 ga. also turned a wedding band and rounded the front half of barrel. shot it yesterday , shot good. I also have a 15/16" half oct. half rnd. in 12 ga., drop in for a TC, that I've used for over 20 yrs. with no problems, purchased from Navy arms.

 

[pennsyltucky]

is that 12 ga drop in a discontinued item? i cant find any listing for it in the navy arms website???

 

[Deadeye]

Over 20 yrs. ago when I got this one so they may not have
them anymore. I believe the price was $26 at that time.
I should have bought several.

 

[roundball]

You would have to contact T/C and see about them changing the breechplug from a caplock to a flintlock plug.

But the barrel on auction is not an actual TC barrel, so I'd bet large sums of money TC won't touch it.....heck, I had to beg them and offer up my first born to get TC to swap a TC percussion barrel breechplug out and screw in a TC Flint breechplug as it was...special levels of approval, etc...no way are they going to modify some other vendors barrel.

 

[Rebel]

I didn't notice it wasn't a T/C. Guess he would have to find a breechplug for that make and either do it himself, or have a gunsmith do it.

 

[pennsyltucky]

its an investarms. pretty much the same idea. TOW sells a breech for a t/c. http://216.26.168.192/categories/partDet...m=PLUG-TCF-15-5

i dont know what the breech thread is on this barrel, so ill have to wait till i get it and get a replacement.

 

[chickenlittle]

Track sells a .54 smoothbore barrel for the 15/16" Thompson Center flintlocks for $160. I just noticed they have a.62 smoothbore in 1" for flintlock too. That might get me looking for a used .54 renegade.

#GMT-54-CTC-BF-SB .54 caliber, 15/16" octagon, 32", smoothbore, blued, flint lock _ for T/C

TOTW barrels

 

[roundball]

I just noticed they have a.62 smoothbore in 1" for flintlock too.

I had them convert one of their .62cal smoothbore caplock barrels to a Flint barrel for me a couple years ago before they started offering them...I dropped it into a Hawken stock...does great

 

[pennsyltucky]

got the barrel today, and took it straight to my shop. seti it up on the grinder and took that stupid tumor off the breech. retapped the hole into the breech for the nipple and installed a set screw and voila, i have a flint breech plug. now i will have to drill the touch hole and fill in the indent on the upper right flat from the milling that was done for the percussion nipple, and it will have a clean out screw above and right of the touch hole unless i fill it in too.

easy enuf.... i didnt even have to unbreech it now ive got alot of sanding to do... i hate blueing!

will take a pic when im done and post it here. :RO:

 

[pennsyltucky]

the new barrel works GREAT!! it holds pattern better than my brothers 20ga with a full choke!! but its not too tight. goin dove huntin today.... we'll see how well i do. i hit the frisbees that we threw yesterday so i think ill be fine.

50g FFF
1 wonderwad
~ 70g #7 1/2
overshot card or another wonder wad

a fiber wad split in half on both sides of the shot works well too

 

[roundball]

the new barrel works GREAT!! it holds pattern better than my brothers 20ga with a full choke!! but its not too tight. goin dove huntin today.... we'll see how well i do. i hit the frisbees that we threw yesterday so i think ill be fine.

50g FFF
1 wonderwad
~ 70g #7 1/2
overshot card or another wonder wad
a fiber wad split in half on both sides of the shot works well too

You might have just started a new cottage industry!
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