This used .50 caliber Thompson Center Hawken percussion rifle is offered in excellent used condition and is ready to shoot. This factory assembled rifle is stocked in American black walnut, with brass furniture, and 28" barrel with QLA muzzle. The bore is bright and has been well maintained. The stock has a few scattered handling marks. Weight is 8.2 pounds, and with a trigger reach of 14 inches, the rifle is perfectly setup for today's taller size shooter.
The factory blued barrel is .50 caliber, 15/16" octagon, 28" length. The front sight is Thompson Center's blued steel bead sight. The rear sight is click adjustable for elevation, and screw adjustable for windage. The bore is bright and clean, with crisp rifling grooves. We recommend our .490" round ball, .015" patch, and Mink Oil tallow patch lubricant, over a charge of 70 grains of GOEX FFg black powder. This rifle has Thompson Center's QLA (Quick Load Accurizer) feature. The QLA is a relief of the rifling, the first inch of the barrel has no rifling, allowing loads to be easily started and quickly loaded.
The rifle is stocked in straight grain black walnut and trimmed in brass furniture. The stock is factory finished and has only a few minor handling marks. The brass furniture is just starting to develop a mellow patina. Our top view shows the tapered comb and the tang of the hooked breech. We note the wood at the rear of the tang is cracked and is starting to lift, due to the tight fit. The hooked breech allows the barrel to easily be removed for cleaning. Simply press out the brass wedge key, using thumb pressure, and remove the ramrod. Then lift the muzzle end, to unhook the breech plug from its tang. Remove the nipple, and insert the breech end into a bucket of hot soapy water, for easy cleaning. Our bottom view shows that the brass triggerguard is starting to develop a dark patina. The wooden ramrod is fitted with a brass loading tip and the rear brass tip has 10-32 threads for loading and cleaning accessories. The beavertail cheek provides a nice rest for a right hand shooter. The single lock bolt passes through a simple brass washer style sideplate.
The color case hardened percussion lock is factory engraved and color case hardened. The breech is fitted with a 1/4-28 stainless steel nipple for a No. 11 caps. Double lever double set triggers are well adjusted, to fire set or unset. When the rear trigger is set (latched), the front trigger has a hair-trigger release, perhaps 2 or 3 ounces. The adjustment screw between the triggers allows even finer or coarser adjustment, as desired. Or, turn the screw fully inboard, to disable the set trigger feature, when hunting in very cold weather.
This Thompson Center Hawken Rifle is in used condition with a bright clean bore. It is ready for the range or hunting woods. We invite trades, and we buy T/C guns. If you have a used Thompson Center Seneca, Hawken, Cherokee, Renegade, Patriot Pistol, New Englander, or other muzzle loading side hammer rifle, please consider our service when you are ready to sell. Our customers like these well made American guns, for their reliable service, durable reputation, accuracy, and good value. Order it for a ten day visual inspection. You will be delighted. Else if it does not fit you, return it in unfired condition for same-day refund. Postage is your only risk, when you order any one-of-a-kind gun from Track, whether new, used, or antique.
