Gus said:You know my favorite movies of all time is Jerimiah Johnson. I really like it because I have a little bit of him in me, my family name is Johnson, and I once lived where the movie was shot. I know that country.
In it he talks about a 50 cal Hawken. If my history serves me well, a Hawken is a specific brand name of gun during that era, made by a man so named, and has recently come to be a certain style of gun.
Is a TC Renegade or New Englander similar to a Hawken? What do you think?
Gus
TC used the Hawken name to sell a product. It was well known and the name had been brought to the forefront of muzzleloading by a series of mag articles and a book in the mid-late 60s. TC just capitalized on the name since it was not trade marked.
Many people have made reproduction Hawken rifles that accurately depict the guns made in St Louis in the 19th century. TC is not one of these.
Dan