Thompson Center Hawken Round Ball Barrel?

[Bill M.]

What might a Round Ball barrel in .50 caliber in good condition be worth these days? Any body know who made these barrels? Are they generally good shooters?

 

[bigstick6017555]

Depends on condition, inside and out. generally they do shoot good, but a lot of people say otherwise. Have seen them from 75$ to 300$. condition, condition, and condition. It is generally a manure shoot, bore scope would help a lot.

 

[Kansas Jake]

If it is in good shooting shape without pitting I would guess $100-$200 as long as it has original sights and ramrod thimbles. A ramrod helps too. If it has been tapped for a scope or is pitted in the bore that will reduce the value. Also if the serial number begins with a K it is a kit barrel and may lower the value somewhat.

T/C made their own barrels except some very early ones from what has been shared on this forum.

 

[Urban Coyote]

A round ball barrel in .50 caliber for a Thompson Center. What model?

Green Mountain used to offer drop ins and these are likely to most common. They haven't offered them for a number of years as I understand it. I've seen folks mention Rice but I saw nothing in stock last I looked. The T/C custom shop, FOX River I believe, used to sell round ball barrels. If you find a good used T/C Pennsylvania Hunter they came from the factory with a round ball barrel.

Price, I just sold a mint Green Mountain LRH, not for round ball, for $300. I could have asked $400 but I sold it to a friend. Condition is everything, a really good one easily $300 - $400 would be my bet. I also have a Green Mountain round ball barrel I would not sell.

If you can live with a single trigger model the PA Hunter, complete rifle, might be a cost effective option. I've got a PA Hunter Carbine and love it.

 

[Bill M.]

I went ahead and bought the barrel. $300. Almost perfect condition. I can not find my bore light right now but a patch through the barrel indicates no problems at all. It says Thompson Center Arms 50 Caliber Hawken on the barrel and it says Round Ball Twist 1-66 on the barrel. I will let you know how it shoots in a week or so. I have a Green Mountain .40 caliber in fair condition. Gave up on finding one in 50 that I wanted to pay for.

 

[Kansas Jake]

With 1/66 twist it must have been a TC custom shop order. Good buy.

 

[Indy Durtdigger]

I need to consult my catalogue pile to be certain but I'm thinking TC did offer a Hawken with a RB barrel as a target/competition rifle as a production offering for a time or from time to time. If that barrel came from the Fox Ridge shop it will have Fox Ridge Custom roll stamped on it.

 

[Bad Karma]

I need to consult my catalogue pile to be certain but I'm thinking TC did offer a Hawken with a RB barrel as a target/competition rifle as a production offering for a time or from time to time. If that barrel came from the Fox Ridge shop it will have Fox Ridge Custom roll stamped on it.

Renegades too if I recall correctly.