If this is the Tradition's Woodsman Hawkins.. I have one of them in .50 caliber. It is a great roundball shooting rifle. Also you're right about the nice wood and it being a good rifle.I bought it from Sportsman's Guide back in 1996 because it had a 1-66 twist.

The new rifles are 1-48 twist they only put the slow twist in the very expensive tradition rifles now. The 1/48 twist will shoot roundball and conicals well. I have a Tradition's Pioneer .50 caliber Hawkins with that twist and it is a great roundball shooter with 70 grains of powder and a patched roundball.

If this on the other hand is a Tradition's St Louis Hawkins, they also have 1-48 twist. They have standard fixedsights. The wood stock is all right, not fancy and not special. And they are a good shooter. Although they were being sold by Sportsman's Guide last year for $117.95.

The Tradition's traditional rifles are good rifles. They shoot good and depending on which one you buy, the wood gets better as the cost increases. I personally like Tradition's hawkins rifles. They shoot real well. The only thing that made me a little upset with Traditions was, the stock cracked on my Pioneer. Traditions was contacted and they told me there was nothing they could do for me and suggested I glue the crack. That's the difference between Traditions and Thompson Center. When my Renegade stock cracked, they replaced the stock.... So you get what you pay for in the long run.