TC Hawken sight replacements

[Zip]

What sights -- front and back -- do you like on your TC Hawken? I have the factory sights on my .50 cal caplock and am interested in seeing what others may have substituted -- either "traditional/primitive" or aperture back and target/globe front and hearing how they work for hunting/target work. Don't want to start a pi$$ing match over HC, PC. Just tell/show me what you use and like cause my eyesight's running a close second to my memory...and on account of cause my eyesight's running a close second to my memory. Thanks.

 

[Semisane]

I favor the TC square blade on the front with a TC "Hunter Peep" on the rear. My eyes don't work well at all with regular iron rear sights. But I'm good for 100 yards with the peep. I drilled the aperture out a little larger than what was provided. I also tried both a bead and a fiber optic on the front and neither one worked as well for me as the square blade. I put White Out on the blade for early mornings, scrape it off when the light gets good, and put it back on in the late evening.

 

[ohio ramrod]

My old eyes like an Ivory insert front blade and a buckhorn rear. :idunno: :idunno:

 

[BrownBear]

Same here top to bottom. Some guys don't like my use of peep sights. Fine. They can hunt with someone else! :rotf:

 

[Rat Trapper]

I've got a whole bunch of different sights on different rifles. I have the Lyman 57 with the globe 17A front and I really like that. I also have some of the TC peep sights with a TC fiber optic front or the issue TC front sight. Some barrels have the stock issue front and rear. For hunting the TC peep with a williams after market appeture with a larger hole is pretty good from me. The Lyman 57 and th globe front has been real nice for target work. Just have not had a chance yet to take it to the woods. Don't see why it would cause a problem. Might just screw in a Williams apperture and try it. The Lyman sights are on smaller caliber rifles and I normally use a 54 or 50 for hunting. Those rifles have TC peeps & fiber optic fronts. At 63 I can no longer see as well as I use to and these sights work for me. Sorry my options are not pc or hc.

 

[Rifleman1776]

In 1970 my new TC 'hawken' was hardly unpacked and I replaced the sights with primitive/traditional style. They are still on the original barrel. I also browned the barrel. (browning can be done right over the blueing). And, I diligently gunked up the shiny brass by rubbing it with my dirty patches. With use, and (appropriate) neglect it almost looks like something traditional. :wink:

 

[CoyoteJoe]

I just replaced a set for a friend. I dovetailed the barrel for a fixed primitive rear and installed a "T/C like" front blade. This was not really about going primitive but just to give the owner a sight picture that works for him. For my own T/C's I use a peep rear with the factory front bead which I keep black for daylight and add a drop of white nail polish for evening and the next morning.

 

[Big John]

For primitive events, Tip Curtis Shop sells the old flat topped open sight that screws into T/C holes and a tall square edged front blade. For competetion, Williams aperture rear sight and the square edged front blade sight

 

[atki]

I put a buckhorn from Track of the Wolf. Screws right into where the original rear sight was. For me, it made the qun twice as accurate as before.

wb

 

[Zip]

Thanks folks. I think I would like a post for the front sight and either one of those buckhorn type rear sights or even an aperture sight. Does anyone make a tang sight for the gun? My front bead tends to cover the 100-yd. target and even with a 6 o'clock hold a front post would be easier to work with, I think.

 

[BrownBear]

Ayup. Here 'tis. If your tang has three holes in it, the sight is a slap-on. If two holes a third has to be drilled and tapped. Even easier, get hold of TC and order a replacement tang with the three holes.

 

[Robert58]

I have a TC Front blade and a Full Buckhorn Rear Sight that I got from The Hawken Shop.

 

[cryogenic76]

I am normally a forum lurker, but this topic is near and dear to my heart.

First let me say that I am young, have good eyes, and that I use my TC Hawken for hunting. After much experimenting I ended up machining the factory rear sight to a smaller profile. The normal factory sight is too big and it's shaped in a way that hinders a shooter's ability to obtain a clear sight picture. I've learned the hard way that sight construction is an art.

Here's a bad phone picture of the result:

 

[Zip]

References to a "TC front blade" (post?) sight have me puzzled. On TC's website all I see is an optional fiber optic front sight. Are you all refering to an aftermarket front post for TC but not manufactured by them?

Thanks for jumpin' in MD. From your pic it looks like you filed down the rear leafs' height? How'd the gun shoot after that?

 

[cowpoke1955]

Here is another rear sight from the Gun Works: http://www.thegunworks.com/custprodgun.cfm?ProductID=906&do=detail&Cat2Option=yes . Here is a front sight post from Track of the Wolf: http://www.trackofthewolf.com/Cate...tId=14&subId=167&styleId=762&partNum=FS-CA-1I . Good luck in your search :hatsoff:

 

[Rat Trapper]

References to a "TC front blade" (post?) sight have me puzzled. On TC's website all I see is an optional fiber optic front sight. Are you all refering to an aftermarket front post for TC but not manufactured by them?

Thanks for jumpin' in MD. From your pic it looks like you filed down the rear leafs' height? How'd the gun shoot after that?

At one time TC use to sell a blade and primative rear sight. You may be able to find one if you look around a bit.

 

[Renegade Dan]

Here's my t/c hawkens with California sights from the Gun Works:

 

[Idaho Ron]

I am using Lyman 57 SML peeps and either Lyman 17 AML globes with Lee SHavers inserts or the Lee Shavers Globes. The Lee Shavers inserts are amazing. I have used them for years for hunting and target and i like the whole set up. For my kind of hunting I can't see using anything else. On my Hawken I used a block under the sight to raise it even more. The Lyman peep is field adjustable. If I use the range finder and see that The shot is 125 yards I set the sight for 125 yards and shoot dead on. If the shot it 200 yards I set it for 200 yards and hold dead on. I don't care if the big bullets have a rainbow arch to them. I know where it is going to hit. Ron

 

[paulvallandigham]

Listen to Ron, if you are serious about Shooting conicals in your T/C with an aftermarket barrel. :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :v :bow: As his picture shows, he has been very successful hunting game in the mountains of Idaho, Montana, and Washington with his gun- and he has taught his to son to be as good, too!

Yes, using a block under that rear sight does usually require replacing the screws with longer ones, but that is a minor cost. :hmm: :grin:

 

[Zip]

Wow, fellas, you got some nice setups there! Thanks for all the help everyone. I-Ron, what did you shim up your rear sight with? I've got about 2-1/2" between my two tang screws. Will that work with the Lyman models you use? Also, R-Dan and I-Ron your guns look great in the "white".