ORIGINAL: TUK101
I guess that I helped myself because after I asked the question I found the T/C website and downloaded the manual and got the trigger all adjusted and figured out how to use it. It will be great for target shooting, but there is no way I will use it hunting, too darned dangerous imho. Shoot, that front trigger has got to be about 10#'s or so though. With the hair trigger set it it probably only 2#"s like you guys said. Anyways, I know that I probably paid too much for the used gun, but I am extremely happy with my purchase after shooting it yesterday and am very excited to take some game with it. By the way, I was using Pyrodex RS with Speer roundball ammo. I played around with 60-100 gr. charges, the 100 gr. shot high at 100 yards, and the 90 gr. was about 5 inches low at 100 yards. of coarse that is only a couple of shots, but it gave me an idea of what to expect. Has anybody used a peep site on thier sidelock? If so, would you recommend it?
I have a hawken TC in 50 Cal. I thought the same thing about the hair trigger, till my brother explained that it makes for a more accurate rifle. Mine is a FL and to pull the trigger like you said is extreme hard. When I see a deer, I cock the gun, squeeze the back trigger and then TAKE MY FINGER off the trigger. Only when I shoulder the gun do I place me finger on the trigger. I wear wool fingerless gloves over a very thin glove liner, so I can feel the trigger. I am going to this V-Peep because I am far sighted, and the front fibre optic makes it look like 4 dots of green instead of 2. The URL is here:
http://rmcsports.com/rmcsports_cfmfiles/product.cfm?msection=1036
(scroll down about 3/4 way)
Go to the Rmcsports.com main page to do online ordering, the navigation is NOT in the above link.
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