T/C Flintlock

[kuriouskeepsakes]

I have a T/C Flintlock with a stainless barrel. I think it's a Hawken, but the barrel doesn't have the model on it. The barrel is 15/16" wide and is marked Thompson Center with an address. I did a quick internet search, but didn't see another one quite like it. Did T/C make a Hawken with a stainless steel barrel, or is this another model?

 

[deerstalkert]

that looks like a barrel in the white to me. are you sure it is stainless? more pictures would help. whatever the barrel is these rifles are great shooters!

 

[kuriouskeepsakes]

Thanks, more pics.

 

[deerstalkert]

well, i can't tell definitively but with the staining and crusty stuff at the muzzle i still lean to a barrel that was draw filed and left in the white.
here are some pictures of my stainless.

 

[64Springer]

Magnet.

 

[deerstalkert]

though some stainless steel will attract a magnet.

 

[kuriouskeepsakes]

Wouldn't it have been rather difficult to strip the sights?
It is magnetic, but yes some stainless is.

 

[Grimord]

Could it be a barrel off of a Hawken Elite?

 

[TDM]

Agree with @deerstalkert, looks to be stripped with naval jelly or the like and never finished. Would make a nice, quick project to fix up.

 

[kuriouskeepsakes]

Thanks for the help.

 

[Dale Allen Raby]

Definitely an older T/C Hawken. Not stainless steel. The Silver Elite would have had other stainless fittings as well. I gather that they only made about 500 of those in 1987, I've never seen one before. The Greyhawk was made in greater numbers, but has a round barrel and would not fit a Hawken stock.

I suppose you could leave it in the white, but you'd probably be better off to cold blue, plum brown or rust blue... unless you want to pay to have someone do it professionally. If you leave it as is, it is sure to rust some day when you forget to wipe it down after handling it.

They're great shooters.

 

[Eric Krewson]

Does it have "K" in the serial number, early kits didn't have a blued barrel, I put one such kit together a couple of years ago.

 

[Mr. Flintlock]

I have a T/C Flintlock with a stainless barrel. I think it's a Hawken, but the barrel doesn't have the model on it. The barrel is 15/16" wide and is marked Thompson Center with an address. I did a quick internet search, but didn't see another one quite like it. Did T/C make a Hawken with a stainless steel barrel, or is this another model?

Looking at the logo it looks like the barrel was buffed.

 

[bigted]

I have used vinegar to strip the bluing from my Renegade. The slightly grey finish does not reflect sunlight and I cherish it with the L&R flint lock which made the conversion from caps a fairly easy endeavor. A fun conversion for sure.

If your barrel is just polished then I agree it will rust someday. The vinegar finish on mine has never given me trouble. I live on the west side of Oregon and there are not many days around here that humidity isnt in the air.

 

[Jason holgate]

Interesting any way to brown that barrell??