Originally Posted by
Jenks
I had a T/C Hawken, I sold it after I bought an Investarm Hawken. The Investarm has much better wood, appeared unfired and was $125 used. It was made in 1985 in Italy, where they make some very nice guns. I would not trade it for a new T/C. Cabelas now sells them as well as Lyman. I don't like their max load tho, it is 90 gr. Pyrodex with a patched RB. T/C was over 100 gr.(110, I think) with the same(15/16") barrel size.
True. The Cabela's Hawken I believe is a 1:48 twist which shoots both conicals and round balls. It's not an ideal RB rifle but not bad if the right load is found....tho I do agree that a 90 gr charge is a tad low - tho I don't use any more than 90 grs of Triple 7 in my Lyman Great Plains rifle even tho it will take 120 grs.