Now, when it comes to 'fit' or balance, IMHO, it don't get much better than something along the lines of a Ansley Fox side by each in 12 bore.along with several nice English doubles I've held, or shot over the years. Plus, we all come in many different sizes and shapes, making 'fit' a tremendously difficult factor to control.Īs for myself, I really do like the looks of the TC Hawken, albeit the GPR is supposedly the rifle that looks most like the half-stock creation of Sam Hawken. We all have different taste, especially when it comes to how a muzzleloader should look, and feel.

I also own a GPR, plus several other brand names, and I strongly believe that one is just about as bad as the other when it comes to actual 'fit'. I sold my TC because it never fit the human body.įWIW, I suspect that the above statement is the one single fault that I hear expressed most about TC Hawken rifles.and, although I own 5 of the darn things, I feel exactly the same way. & ramrod and a second for the stock and everything else.

Btw, the Hawken is now on E-Bay: One auction for the bbl.

If the weather cooperates tomorrow, I'll take it to the range for a 'test drive' and report my results here. The lock work (Investarms) is essentially a clone of T/C's and feels the same to me. Yup, I bought it and it arrived last evening and it's a beauty: Nicely balanced (the Hawken is not), good set triggers and it fits perfectly! After shouldering it a few times, I did the same for the Hawken. After several weeks of this, I discovered an unfired, kit-built Great Plains rifle (.50cal., 1:66 twist) with all furniture browned ('chocolate brown' on my invoice), a striped ramrod and nicely finished stock, and at a very attractive price to boot. Fired from the shoulder, my eye is at least 2' above the front sight (much like a shotgun) unless I contort my neck, head and cheek to get a proper sight picture: Not a good thing and not very comfortable either! In short, I began looking at Track of the Wolf's site hoping to get some ideas about affordable guns with more drop in the stock. Although I've owned the Hawken for quite some time, I almost always fired it from a rest. that of the T/C Hawken maybe 2 months ago. All, You may recall me asking about the drop in the stock of the Lyman Great Plains rifle v.

Lyman great plains rifle in stock