![]() ![]() ![]() in 1970 when Warren Center designed the firm's Hawken-styled rifle." -> "The traditional Thompson/Center muzzleloaders are largely responsible for the resurgence of black powder hunting that began in the U.S. ![]() Wikipedia states that the TC Hawken was designed in 1970. I believe the season was 1976, not real sure on that but back then we had to hunt only on designated state game lands. "My 1973 Hawken 50 caliber purchased in 1974 has a serial number 8079."Īnd another poster stated about his Hawken flintlock: Otherwise the Hawken trigger guards were brass. The steel trigger guard was mentioned as maybe only having been shipped with a first year model, or extremely early model. It has a steel case hardened trigger guard and butt plate." -> See Post #160 "My TC Hawkin was bought new in early 1971 and is number 2069. There's also mention of some characteristics such as markings on the barrel, and whether there was a warning on the barrel or not.īut it's pretty much agreed to that 3 or 4 digit serial numbers are the earliest production. There's a lengthy thread on the MLF that discusses serial numbers and where a bunch of people stated their recollections of when they purchased their guns. 50Īnd possibly there were different series of serial numbers depending on who made the barrels. 45 may have different serialization than a. There is said to be different serialization for each model and possibly for each caliber of the same model.Īnd that may mean that a flintlock could have different serialization than a percussion, and a. No one even really knows for sure how the guns were numbered because they don't all fit into a single chronological order. No, there's aren't any records of build dates, they were destroyed in a fire. ![]()
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