I bought my .50 cal T/C Hawken brand new, back in 1970 at an Ace Hardware that had a pretty good sporting goods.

I've taken a lot of whitetails with the ole boy going old school.
Iron sights, 90gr of FFFG black powder and a patched ball.

It's still in great shape. I've been wondering how much BETTER or WORSE it is compared to T/C new Hawkens.