WITHDRAWN T/C Hawken

[nit wit]

Nice .45 cal Hawken, clean rifle, nice bore and very nice wood. Scratch on top lest side by the tang. I don't believe it was shot much. $400.00 + shipping
USPS MO.
Thanks
Nit Wit

 

[Dude]

Any idea why the serial number was struck over with the two Rs?

 

[nit wit]

No need to remember the # when you have your initial there!
NW

 

[nit wit]

Any idea why the serial number was struck over with the two Rs?

I have never seen a factory .45 wth rifling like this, looks like shallow ratchet rifling. Could the RR mean that?
Nit Wit

 

[user 31257]

I’ve never heard of ratchet rifling but it certainly looks like someone did something to it.

 

[nit wit]

Had to have been at the factory, I'm wondering, if tit was a Research Rifle, hence the RR in the serial #. T/C Hawkens were button rifled.
NW

 

[blackeagle]

Ratchet rifling…learn something new every day here!

 

[Reds]

Maybe previous owners had it done and stamped it accordingly. Doesn’t Hoyt do ratchet rifling?

 

[Whiteeagle58]

What exactly is ratchet rifling? I've never heard of this before.

 

[brushblind]

Had to have been at the factory, I'm wondering, if tit was a Research Rifle, hence the RR in the serial #. T/C Hawkens were button rifled.
NW

Could it be repair and return? In any case I can't see stamping over the original ser. no.

 

[nit wit]

Ratchet rifling…learn something new every day here!

Google it, not truly ratchet, a lot of grooves.
Nit Wit

 

[nit wit]

Could it be repair and return? In any case I can't see stamping over the original ser. no.

No : T/C did button rifling. An expert looked at the photos and he has never seen anything like it.
NW

 

[nit wit]

I'm going to hang on to it and shoot it and se how it shoots. It may be something T/C experimented with in the custom shop.
Nit Wit

 

[blackeagle]

Google it, not truly ratchet, a lot of grooves.
Nit Wit

Google is my friend when I see new-to-me terms! Now I kinda want to get a spare barrel with this for one of my modern unmentionables.

 

[TC Tommy]

I see eight lands and eight grooves. Start at the bottom on the land. Use you cursor, next to it the groove steps down.
Now you see it, now count them. 8 and 8. All of those other lines are reflections, the light's causing it, and playing tricks
on what we see.

 

[Bill M.]

The rifling looks normal to me. You can see it at the muzzle of the gun. I think the picture is of reflections. I got no idea for the RR. If I was not out of state on a 4 month trip I would buy the gun.

 

[Whiteeagle58]

Nice .45 cal Hawken, clean rifle, nice bore and very nice wood. Scratch on top lest side by the tang. I don't believe it was shot much. $400.00 + shipping
USPS MO.
Thanks
Nit Wit

What would shipping cost from you to 24740 zip? Thanks!

 

[nit wit]

Not for sale at this time. Going to shoot it.
Thanks
Nit Wit

 

[SDSmlf]

No : T/C did button rifling. An expert looked at the photos and he has never seen anything like it.
NW

Looks like standard TC rifling. Here is an old photograph of a 50 caliber TC with different lighting (red) and exposure. Have your expert compare the two photographs. I’m sure if one were to play around with focus and lighting they could get the same optical illusion.

 

[Whiteeagle58]

Looks like standard TC rifling. Here is an old photograph of a 50 caliber TC with different lighting (red) and exposure. Have your expert compare the two photographs. I’m sure if one were to play around with focus and lighting they could get the same optical illusion.
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I agree. It looks like every TC Hawken barrel I've ever seen. It's just the effect caused by the reflections off of the rifling, nothing unusual.