T/C Hawken Cougar?

[tom in nc]

I had forgotten about the special model Thompson Center Hawken Cougar until just now. Here is a .50 caliber rifle I bought two or three years ago. I figured a previous owner had removed the bluing, but now I wonder...might this be a Cougar? Did all Cougars have the medallion on the stock?

 

[flinter1977]

That's a in the white renegade. And I think all cougar rifles had the medallion.

 

[Togo]

For sure not a Cougar, they have the medallion on the butt of the stock and also the barrel is blued and stamped with the word " Cougar "

 

[TechMoron]

That's an in-the-white Renegade, likely a kit gun with a way over sanded stock.

 

[Bearkiller]

Does the serial number begin with a "K" if so it's a kit gun.

 

[Ditt44]

A "Cougar" had the butt stock medallion and I am pretty sure they all had "Cougar" stamped on the barrel. The kit guns had blued everything, except the barrel. The lock, trigger guard, wedge plates etc. were usually blued... not sure how the early kits were though, just speaking from observation over the years. That might be a franken-gun with some stainless parts. If it's a kit gun, the barrel serial number will begin with "K" and the stock should also have a "K" stamped inside the channel.