Thompson Center Hawken hurts my face

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I have a TC Hawken and when fired with any decent charge it hammers my cheek bone. A friend said that it might be the shape of my face so he took it and tried it. He came back with a small blue bruise on his cheek bone. The charge was 70 grains of ffg. Has anyone else had this problem and if so how can I fix it? The gun is very accurate, so I don't want to get rid of it.
 
get a new face 🤪 i have the same problem with my renegade[ sits right under my check bone], my new englander is fine for me. i shoot 80 grs. in both. if i am keeping the rene. i will reshape the stock to the n.e. stocks form. sometimes just rounding over the comb can help a lot. modify or sell and try a different gun that fits you.
 
get a new face 🤪 i have the same problem with my renegade[ sits right under my check bone], my new englander is fine for me. i shoot 80 grs. in both. if i am keeping the rene. i will reshape the stock to the n.e. stocks form. sometimes just rounding over the comb can help a lot. modify or sell and try a different gun that fits you.
Yes, I had a New Englander and had no problems. I think I will keep the face I was issued:eek:. My mom said she liked my face but I think she was kidding.
 
Check out your "weld" of cheek to stock and buttstock to shoulder. The looser they are, the more you get "kicked". Firm welds reduce felt recoil. Problem is, typically, shooters who've been whacked tend to loosen, not tighten, their hold which leads to bruising, flinching, and trading guns.

Stance? Shooting off'n a bench, leaning into the gun without a firm weld can loosen fillings. You become the "buffer". Offhand, same thing but it don't hurt as much.
 
What bullet?

A patched round ball driven by 70 gr of 2F gives very light recoil.
It was a round ball shot off the bench. Recoil is not great it is where it is deposited on my face that is annoying.
Check out your "weld" of cheek to stock and buttstock to shoulder. The looser they are, the more you get "kicked". Firm welds reduce felt recoil. Problem is, typically, shooters who've been whacked tend to loosen, not tighten, their hold which leads to bruising, flinching, and trading guns.

Stance? Shooting off'n a bench, leaning into the gun without a firm weld can loosen fillings. You become the "buffer". Offhand, same thing but it don't hurt as much.
I do not hold my guns loosely just for that reason. I would rather be pushed than punched.
 
Get a thin stick-on foam shotgun cheek pad and apply it to your stock.
No, don't do that. It will move your face away from the plane of the sights and it will cause you to push your face into the stock harder, exactly what you don't want to do. This problem is pretty common with T/C's, some people it doesn't bother, some it does. The problem is the "generous" amount of wood that T/C used in their design, comb too high, cheekpiece too thick.

The fix? A rasp, sandpaper and time. Cut down the height of the comb, maintaining an angled straight line from the heel to the wrist. When you're finished, that step at the wrist should be almost, or fully, gone. Now when the gun recoils, it slides out from under your cheekbone, not into it. You may also need to remove wood from the cheek area of the stock. Of course, if you endeavor to do this, you'll need to remove all the hardware from the stock and totally refinish it. With the exception of the White Mountain Carbine that I used to have, I've had to do this with every T/C Rifle I've ever owned. It's easy enough to do, just takes time.
 
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My T/C`s do give the face a bit of a kicking (as do most of my rifles) when I use off the bench but not when shooting free hand standing. Try from a standing position and see what happens.
 
No, don't do that. It will move your face away from the plane of the sights and it will cause you to push your face into the stock harder, exactly what you don't want to do. This problem is pretty common with T/C's, some people it doesn't bother, some it does. The problem is the "generous" amount of wood that T/C used in their design, comb too high, cheekpiece too thick.

The fix? A rasp, sandpaper and time. Cut down the height of the comb, maintaining an angled straight line from the heel to the wrist. When you're finished, that step at the wrist should be almost, or fully, gone. Now when the gun recoils, it slides out from under your cheekbone, not into it. You may also need to remove wood from the cheek area of the stock. Of course, if you endeavor to do this, you'll need to remove all the hardware from the stock and totally refinish it. With the exception of the White Mountain Carbine that I used to have, I've had to do this with every T/C Rifle I've ever owned. It's easy enough to do, just takes time.
I think that might be the permanent answer. My nephew is a wood worker and we will do this. Thank you! I knew there were people out there with a similar problem. Thanks again!
 
Someone I just spoke to said you might have a problem with the drop at the comb.
Drop at comb is complicated. If you have too short of stock, you have a drop at comb issue because you are crowding forward onto the higher part of the stock

First get your length right before rasping away at the comb.

If you are having this problem on the bench, then it is your likely problem. Unless your bench is high and your back straight, then you are hunched over and leaning forward crowding the stock.

Do temp fixes first.

Try one of these and a heavy coat and see if that helps

Link to but pad\

https://www.amazon.com/BronzeDog-Bu...un+buttpad+extension,sporting,167&sr=1-9&th=1
Another

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0969S4RRR?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details&th=1
 
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