Well guys, it's decided. I'm keeping the .58 Green Mountain barrel on the 1" Hawken stock that I refinished in March. The Reneken /Hawkagade is no more. She's pure Hawken now.

TC replaced the Hawken's broken front trigger with a brand spanking new trigger group. I drilled and tapped the tang and mounted a TC hunter peep. The 1:70 twist GM barrel is six inches longer than the standard TC barrel and looks mighty fine on a Hawken stock.

I'm heading to the Honey Hole range Friday evening with supply of tumbled balls, a pound each of GOEX FFg and FFFg, and an assortment of patch thicknesses. Can't wait.

Here she is.









She ain't heavy, she's my Hawken.

Semi

Dang! dat looks long!!!! - beautiful - but long...

"Make er shoot"

my hawken is already a little barrel heavy, I'm sure that one is fun

That's a nice lookin setup. I believe you will enjoy that peep sight. I installed one on my 58 and it really helps with my ageing eyes. I drilled mine out with a 3/32 drill bit to let in more light and put a white dot on my front sight. It works pretty well in low light conditions.

Me too Mr. Flintlock. I did the even before the final mounting. Made a hugh difference.

That is an excellent barrel length, you may be surprised at how much finer you can aim with that length barrel. Lee

My .58 caliber is on a Renegade. And it is a sweet shooter without question. I think that rifle will really surprise you. 110 grains of Goex 2f and a patched roundball.

You need a good butt cover for that bad boy. Tom.

I couldn't comfortably handle any more length to the buttstock HEAD. I'd really like the length of pull to be about a quarter inch shorter.

Hey Sabotloader, I've been thinking about your comment. I agree it's long, but I really like it.

So I got to wondering why this gun pleases me so much even though I've always liked the looks of TC Renegades more than TC Hawkens. I now believe it's a matter of proportion.

I looked at a premium authentic style Hawken on the Track Of The Wolf site, and did some comparisons. On the TOW gun the stock makes up 3/5 (60%) of the total length of the gun - the same as my TC Hawken with the long GM barrel. On a TC Hawken with the factory length barrel, the stock makes up 3/4 (75%) of the total length of the gun.

The TOW gun is here: http://www.trackofthewolf.com/Catego...artNum=AAI-001

(Michelangelo and Picasso would appreciate the difference.)