sweet deal

[dave n]

Yesterday I labeled and wrote a topic . That got edited :idunno: . I'm guessing it was the topic label . I wanna apologize if it offended someone or I crossed the line . It was meant in fun :v . Anyways that being said and put behind me , I ran into a real sweet deal . A fella at work was talking about a hawken he had and couldn't get rid of . Shot it about 5 times , cleaned it and put it in his closet . That was yrs ago . He doesn't remember the make . So I asked him to bring it in for me to take a look at :grin: .
54 cal TC Hawkin . This gun was like brand new I mean as near to excellent as one can get . Asked him how much . I couldn't get my wallet out fast enough , he said $100 , one Ben Franklin . I'm a happy man right now :grin: !

 

[hanshi]

That never happens to me! :v:

 

[necchi]

Nice find.
Could you put to rest a bit of confusion that's floating around out there?

You say it IS a Hawken and not a Renegade, and that it's a 54.,

Is the barrel 1" across the flats or 15/16" ?

 

[dave n]

It's a 54 tc hawken . I've already have a 50 renegade . This is a nice addition . :grin: . Definitely a "1 barrel .

 

[nkbj]

That's cool. 1" barreled TC Hawken is great for adaptability with being able to swap out barrels and locks.

 

[ohio ramrod]

Brag , brag , brag, thats all you do! :bow:

 

[Bill Hall]

You're supposed to take your wallet out slowly, after you pretend to think about it for a minute, and add in, "Well, since you're a friend... I guess". If you look too eager, sometimes the seller can tell he's making a business boo boo, and change his mind at the last second.

Hey, just be glad he doesn't hang around this forum. Ya did good. Bill

 

[Greg Blackburn]

Congrats! I used to be able to say, "that never happens to me" until I bought the TC Renegade .58 flintlock for $100.00 and it appears unfired.

Greg

 

I can say the same thing I have run into 2 deals. One was a Hawkens Renegade .50cal for $50 and a CVA .45cal Kentucky Pistol for $40 with extras.

 

[dave n]

Ten ring . I told the guy I got the gun from that if he knows of any other bp guns to let me know , especially if it was a tc 58 . He said - what are u gonna do with a gun like that ? Uh , shoot it ? What else .
That's sweet . Wish I could get my hands on a tc 58 for a hundred bucks .

 

[necchi]

It's a 54 tc hawken ,,, Definitely a "1 barrel .

That one is Getting to be a rare find, :thumbsup:

 

[William O.]

One smokin' hot deal!

 

[Dave Marsh]

Yes they are getting pretty hard to find. I have one my self in 54 flint and she shoots nice and I can interchange barrels with my Renegades.

 

[RhinoDave]

Went to a couple of gun shows yesterday and the few TC Hawkens were going from $225 to $350. The $350 was an unfired production 50 cal. The two for $225 were both in pretty good condition with one being a kit gun and the other being a production gun in almost new condition. If I didn't already have a nice TC Hawken, one of them would have followed me home. You got a smokin deal. I'm still looking for a good deal on a 45 cal barrel for mine. Those sweet deals are few and far between.

 

[Vincer2012]

That's a great price for a Hawkens.

I picked up an Urberti Hawkens 50 cal last week which was in very good condition.

Thought I had a great deal at $200 since it included a hard carry case, powder horn, couple of cans of 3F powder, primers and lots & lots of patches. :thumbsup:

 

[dave n]

Just a update on the hawken . Took it out to shoot the other day . Odd things were happening on loading and shooting . First I started out with a 535 rb , .010 patch on top of 90 grs fff . Couldn't fit a .015 patch down the tube . The .010 was real tight going down until about halfway and then slid down the rest with no effort . Retrieving the spent patches showed them to be torn and blown apart . Six in groups at 50 yds :hmm: so I got to thinking (sometimes this is where I get into trouble) maybe the rifling had sharp edges seen its only been shot a couple of shots . So I clean it up and wrapped a 50 cal jag with some 0000 steel wool and ran it up and down about 30 times . Now I can run a .015 patch snug all the way down . Retrieved patches were in perfect shape and I can clover leaf at 50 yds all day long . This gun is hunting with me the rest of the season and hopefully draw some blood . :thumbsup:

 

[aeatwood]

I picked up an Uberti Hawken .54, apparently in unfired condition, for $100 last Friday. It is missing the tumbler screw, which is already in transit from VTI. My tastes generally run to English sporters, but I couldn't turn this deal down. It had a bit of dry iron rust in the barrel, but cleaned up nicely. I bought it figuring worst case it would make a nice .58.

 

[dave n]

Nice when u fall into these low cost deals . Like u say , its hard to pass by . :grin:

 

[jamesthomas]

Nice when you just have to do a small thing like running some steel wool up an down a barrel some to get it shooting good! :thumbsup: cloverleafs at 50 yards is real good. I would see what it shoots at 75 yards just in case you have a longer shot.

 

[dave n]

Gonna do some more shooting in a couple of days . I'll let you know . Curious to find out myself .