well that stinks
 

I bought the .54 T/C Hawken with the intent of selling the barrel and replacing it with a 58 cal GM barrel. I called today and the guy told me he just sold the last one! I guess that is why the line was busy 10 mins earlier...grrrrrr. Well it looks like I will be selling the rifle complete. It will be posted in the classifieds. Check it out.

That is a shame. A .54 caliber is nothing to sneeze at mind you. You have a really good rifle there and I think in a year or two they will be near impossible to find. But I can understand when your heart is set on a .58 caliber.

You should have bought the barrel first if that was your plan. The guns are easy to find.

Well Muley you know what they say "hind sight is 20/20".
And Dave, I already have a .54 GM barrel with a 1:70 twist. that rifle shoots PRBs like a champ. I just thought a .58 would be fun as I hear about some of the guys talking about them in the forum.

Have you checked Pecatonica River?

http://www.longrifles-pr.com/gminterbarrels.shtml

Also, though I don't know what their price structure is, Stonewall Creek will make up a drop in for you.

http://www.stonewallcreekoutfitters....ement-barrels/

OR, have your barrel rebored by Ed Rayl or Robert Hoyt.

http://www.huntingnet.com/forum/blac...re-boring.html

Semi - Pecatonica is the one who had them but sold the last one right before I called. I don't want to get a new barrel rebored. It would be more cost effective to sell the new barrel and buy an older smaller caliber - even if the bore was gross and have it bored out.

I seem to remember from the traditional forum that he charged a little less than $100. If it's the same guy.

That's pretty similar to buying a barrel, but it won't be 32".

Another option is to oil it up and put it in the closet. GM will get around to producing another run of IBS barrels sooner or later.

I would call and inquire about when that stock will be replaced.

Ed Rayle will make you any barrel you want...When I made my .54 I sent my .45 to him, he made me a .40, same length, same width, even asked me which rifling I wanted...