T/C Hawken sight ????
 

My favorite hunting gun is my old T/C Hawken with a GM 21" LRH barrel. Short, light, and sweet to shoot.
\I'm not getting any younger, and even the fiber optic sights are becoming less friendly to my eyes as time rolls on.
Been thinking of replacing the rear sight with a weaver type base (steel if I can find it) and putting a red-dot type sight on it.

Do you think it would work?

There are scope mounts for Hawkens. It can be done.

A scope eliminates all focus problems caused by multi focus glasses, not all red dot sights do, so if you go with a red dot chose carefully. I had to get trifocals glasses when I was 65 and went to scope on all most all my shooters including my Hawken and renegade rifles and it works quite well.

It will work wabi, but I'd recommend a low power scope over a red dot.

I went the red dot route many years ago and found it worked fine out to 75 yards or so in good light. But it was near useless in the low light of dawn and dusk.

My favorite muzzle loader scope, especially for a sidelock, is a trim 4X shotgun scope such as the ones on the infamous Sinful Sisters.

I have the same barrel and same problem with the fiber optic sights. As for a Red Dot.. I have two of them sitting on the shelf. I too went the Red Dot route and thought they would be the answer to sighting problems. They work great in bright sunlight, but at dusk you will understand their disadvantages. I would also recommend a good low power scope. Since the rifle is 21 inches, you're not going to be doing a lot of long range shooting.. a good 4x scope is all you need. And see if you can get the actual off set scope mount.. the trigger then clears the scope and rifle and every thing works just great.

Tried two different red dot sights a few years ago. In low light i could not have shot a deer at 35 yards. Get a low power scope like the Simmons Pro-Diamond 4X. Natchez has them for $39.95.

http://www.natchezss.com/Category.cf...dTitle=Simmons 4x32 ProDiamond Shotgun Scope ProDiamond Reticle Matte

http://www.cabelas.com/catalog/produ...a63b&WTz_l=SBC

I just ordered a couple of these. Whether they work well I can not say. I have a couple other PowderHorn Scopes and they work fine, so I see no reason these will not... Just a thought.

Was thinking of the red-dot* on a forward mount (rear sight replacement) because the breech could still be immersed in water for cleaning.
*A red-dot type, but not necessarily red for a dot color. I have a red/blue/green dot sight on a .22 that works OK for hunting squirrels for me.

I tried a scope mount (the T/C mount that uses the hole at the breech and the rear sight holes) on a NewEnglander and was bothered by the fact I couldn't put the breech in water, and also didn't like the scope that close to the nipple. I did get some fouling on the scope. QD rings would solve some problems, but I thought mounting forward might be even better. I'll probably just use the inline this season, but may experiment some over the summer.

I just use quick release mounts and take the scope off. It seems to work real good. But if you like the idea of the Red/Green Dot.. good luck to you.

It's not the dot sight, but the forward mounting that I favor.
Actually I prefer a good scope because the batteries never need changing! :rolleye0011: Thought about an intermediate eye relief scope, but I'm not sure a mount using the rear sight screws would hold one. Guess I could look into drilling/tapping another hole or two in the top flat.