What year did TC add the Black Powder warning to their barrels?

[Dale Lilly]

I have a T/C Hawken kit with 228XXX .. no warnings. Same markings as that of ord sgt. Polecat

 

[Nutnfancy]

I have .50 cal. T/C Renegade kit I built in mid 80's with SN K28,xxx and it has no warning on barrel. The .54 cal. Renegade with SN 270,xxx that I believe was manufactured in the late 80's does have the warning on barrel.

 

[TomV]

I have a T/C Hawken kit that was purchased during the summer of 1983. Serial number 235xxx. It has the roll mark of Thompson/Center Hawken .45 caliber. No markings about black powder use. Don't know if this helps.

I have a TC Hawken kit 1984 has the warning.

 

[Hendryx]

I recently was given a TC Hawken .50 cal and I’m very new to muzzle loading. This rifle doesn’t appear to be a kit gun and is in very nice condition. The serial number is 92,519 and has a hardened case. From what I’ve been seeing would that date this at around 1980? Thanks for any help.

 

[TomV]

Kit barrel serial numbers start with K. I have on from 1984 that has it. So a guess is early 80s.

 

[Blitz]

I have a TC Renegade and a Hawken. My Renegade has the model name on the barrel and the "for black powder us only" warning. My Hawken has niether a black powder statement or a model name. Does anyone know what year Thompson Center started adding the black powder warning to their barrels?

I believe the goverment mandate was for the year of 1972 >

 

[Hirameagle]

I have a TC Hawken 50 that has no name and no warning. Serial No is 138497. The problem is, I can't remember when I bought it (or where)....LOL! So not much help to you, but if someone starts a data base, maybe it will fit in there somewhere. I THINK I bought it before 1980 but I can't think of anyway to pinpoint it much better than that!

 

[user 48679]

Does anyone know what year Thompson Center started adding the black powder warning to their barrels?

The year T/C's lawyers took control...……

 

[Blitz]

The year T/C's lawyers took control...……

The same yeaar every body was mandated by federal law 1972