T?C Hawkin replacement barrel?

[Remfarmer]

I am looking for a replacement barrel for my T/C Hawkin and do not see them listed anymore from Green Mtn. Since S&W acquired T/C I no longer have a chance with them. What should I do?

 

[Jim Evans]

Watch evil bay.See them all the time.

 

[FishDFly]

They show up, you need to put forth the effort to find them.

If finding them was easy, everyone would have one now.

Put forth the effort.

 

[galamb]

The Gun Works builds them, but they are not cheap (compared to the old GM offerings), going for $350.

You pick the caliber, depth of rifling, twist and where you want the dovetails for the sights - so not a "one size fits all" type barrel.

Likewise, most of the muzzle loader supply places could build the same - the cost would probably come in at the $350'ish mark, but it would be a "custom" job.

 

[30coupe]

I am looking for a replacement barrel for my T/C Hawkin and do not see them listed anymore from Green Mtn. Since S&W acquired T/C I no longer have a chance with them. What should I do?

Check with Pecatonica River. I know they have the drop-in barrels in .40 cal for the Hawken. I didn't check on any others. It takes them quite a while to answer emails, so I ended up buying a Pedersoli Frontier .32 before they answered me. If you want to know in a hurry, I guess you'd better call.

 

[bpd303]

Have you considered having your barrel re-bored?

 

[jamesthomas]

I don't know about the G.M. drop-ins but E-bay has .50 cal. Hawken barrels for sale all the time.

 

[Richard Brinkman]

Check with Stonewallcreek outfitters they will make you one don't know about pricing.

RB

 

[stinkyfeet]

Good luck finding a dealer with a new green mountain drop-in barrel. Like others have said ebay has stock tc barrels all day everyday but they fetch a decent price. Theres a 15/16 GM drop-in on there right now as well. Or look into aving you current barrel rebored usually runs around a 100 or so.

 

[nkbj]

Relining is another option.
TJ's (Alexandria,KY) makes some great barrel liners.

 

[tryinhard]

Cain's Outdoors has a 45 &54 drop in for $198.99.

 

[cynthialee]

I will also chime in with a vote for ebay.

Only buy from sellers who post quality pictures that show the item from multiple angles. With these modern cameras they can show a flaw clearly that the eye can miss on occasion. If they have plenty of pictures showing the item and they have good feedback then they tend to be good sellers.
The person who posts grainy out of focus pictures isn't really interested in getting top dollar for his item and or is trying to obfuscate some flaw or issue. Look at sellers bad reviews first (if they have them) and see how the seller resolved the issue. Not all bad feedback is indicative of a bad seller or a bad transaction.

Ask questions. A straight forward seller will answer questions and possibly offer more pictures from different angles. A poor seller doesn't respond or is trite and rude in communications.

My best barrel came from eBay and I spent a decent price. I spent allot of time looking through the various barrels for sale, looked up the sellers feedback and asked questions about the items.

 

[mjulihn]

I will also chime in with a vote for ebay.

Only buy from sellers who post quality pictures that show the item from multiple angles. With these modern cameras they can show a flaw clearly that the eye can miss on occasion. If they have plenty of pictures showing the item and they have good feedback then they tend to be good sellers.
The person who posts grainy out of focus pictures isn't really interested in getting top dollar for his item and or is trying to obfuscate some flaw or issue. Look at sellers bad reviews first (if they have them) and see how the seller resolved the issue. Not all bad feedback is indicative of a bad seller or a bad transaction.

Ask questions. A straight forward seller will answer questions and possibly offer more pictures from different angles. A poor seller doesn't respond or is trite and rude in communications.

My best barrel came from eBay and I spent a decent price. I spent allot of time looking through the various barrels for sale, looked up the sellers feedback and asked questions about the items.

I don't think we can use the word "obfuscate" on this forum. It sounds too much like something that has to do with inlines... :rotf:

 

[White Oak]

When I purchased a TC 54 cal Hawken a little over a year ago the seller who is a friend of mine offered me a 54 cal. Round Ball barrel NIB for $190. He had ordered it for a guy who never picked it up and it had been sitting in his safe for about 20 years. I bought it with the idea of finding a Renegade stock, lock , trigger assembly and furniture and putting together another gun. I was sure I had paid way too much for that barrel. Well, I can find Renegade stocks and parts, but I would have a very expensive renegade in the end. A guy contacted me awhile back with a Hawken stock complete for $250. That puts the complete gun at $440. I have never paid more than $300 for my best TC. Sad but parted out many times these guns bring a better price than selling complete.
Take care, Ed

 

[chazz1975]

I have heard that the Lyman Trade rifle barrels will fit the T/C hawken stocks. They go for around $190 at midsouth shooters supply. also check pecatonica river as they may have them.

 

[MarTay6]

Pecatonica is out of them completely now. (I might add they're super people to do business with!)
I just got a 15/16" .40 round ball twist G/M replacement barrel for a Hawken I'm putting together last night on eBay- from a guy who's sold a lot of them with good feecback on them. That will go nicely with my .50 G/M barrel for my Hawken- which I did get from Pecatonica.
Wes

 

[MSW]

she's right!

if you're careful and pay attention to details, you can do well on evilBay, but if you go in 'willy-nilly' you can get separated from your money in pretty short order ... bought a pretty good .54 on EvilBay, and I also found a pretty rough .54 on a gun auction site ... the seller was 'up front' about the bore (which was pretty aweful) but I was planning to have Bobby Hoyt bore it out to 20 gauge, so I got a good deal on that one.

the best way to succeed at an auction is to always be willing to walk away.

good luck with your project!

 

[Doug Attawy]

I have three of them. A 40 and two 50's. If your interested in one send me a pm.

d-a

 

[Robert Egler]

I will also chime in with a vote for ebay.

Only buy from sellers who post quality pictures that show the item from multiple angles. With these modern cameras they can show a flaw clearly that the eye can miss on occasion. If they have plenty of pictures showing the item and they have good feedback then they tend to be good sellers.
The person who posts grainy out of focus pictures isn't really interested in getting top dollar for his item and or is trying to obfuscate some flaw or issue. Look at sellers bad reviews first (if they have them) and see how the seller resolved the issue. Not all bad feedback is indicative of a bad seller or a bad transaction.

Ask questions. A straight forward seller will answer questions and possibly offer more pictures from different angles. A poor seller doesn't respond or is trite and rude in communications.

My best barrel came from eBay and I spent a decent price. I spent allot of time looking through the various barrels for sale, looked up the sellers feedback and asked questions about the items.

I agree about the quality photos, but I actually got a gun (modern) from gunbroker for a great price because the seller had lousy photos.

I was looking for an older Winchester 94 and the prices were pretty high, then I found one seller with what looked to be a gun with a great stock but the barrel and receiver looked all brown, kind of uniformly rust covered. Most of the photos were just the gun and the blanket or whatever it was sitting on, but I noticed that in one picture there's part of a sign visible in the background and that the part of the sign I would think would be white was pretty discolored also, so I took the photo and corrected the color in photoshop so that sign was white, and when I did that the "rust" covering the gun showed up blue. I bid on the gun, won the auction for a very good deal, if I was right about the color correction for the photos.

When I got the gun it turns out I was right, the bluing was in great shape, the seller just had really bad photos with distorted color, and I guess that nobody wanted to pay too much for a gun covered in "rust"! :grin:

I could have asked the seller for better photos, but then he'd realize the problem in the ones he posted and probably correct them, and then the price would have gone up.

 

[Patocazador]

Or you could have received a gun covered in rust. :grin: