Who has a T/C Hawkins?

It has a kinda/sorta Nock chamber. TC made a jag for it. A .32 jag is supposed to fit but a bore mop will squish into it.
 
So the Lyman Great Plains, Browning Mtn Rifle, Traditions and TC Hawkins all use some form of the Nock Patented Breech.
 
Hawken, not Hawkin, or Hawkins. Sorry, it's a pet peeve of mine.

Not as much as a pet peeve as patent breeches, though. A better example of a solution in search of a problem I can't think of.

I use a nylon 9mm bore brush on the end of a cleaning rod to clean out the patent breeches on my Cabela's Hawken and my Slotter replica, usually with a cleaning patch wrapped around it.
 
CVA "Hawken" used a .22 caliber hole in the nipple drum for a long time. The drum is threaded the full width of the bore, seated and the hole drilled. A 22 cal brush works reasonably well but hot water flushing is better.
 
Thanks Mehavey. I never paid attention to the modern made guns until recently.

Thanks Jackrabbit.

I showed the class that flushing (w/hot water) is the best way to clean a barrel.
 
Jackrabbit1957 said:
CVA "Hawken" used a .22 caliber hole in the nipple drum for a long time. The drum is threaded the full width of the bore, seated and the hole drilled. A 22 cal brush works reasonably well but hot water flushing is better.
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I didn't know that about the hole being that big. I do know you can't remove the breech plug without removing the drum first. If you do you'll ruin it. Not that it should be removed.
 
My wife does. I built it from a kit for her and fancied it up some with a checkered grip and some wire inlay. The LGS owner and I were good friends, good enough that I got my guns at cost and I wood fix things for him for free. He would go through the kits when he got them in and put back the ones with nice wood for good customers and I got the best one of the bunch when I bought the kit so it has very nice wood.

It has had very good care over the years and I have never had to repair anything.
 
doubleh said:
My wife does. I built it from a kit for her and fancied it up some with a checkered grip and some wire inlay. The LGS owner and I were good friends, good enough that I got my guns at cost and I wood fix things for him for free. He would go through the kits when he got them in and put back the ones with nice wood for good customers and I got the best one of the bunch when I bought the kit so it has very nice wood.

It has had very good care over the years and I have never had to repair anything.
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Pics or it didn't happen. :D
 
hawg said:
Pics or it didn't happen. :D
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Sorry, The ones I had went up in smoke when the computer hard drive they were on went up in smoke and I had procrastinated about transferring them to an external hard drive. My computer geek son was unable to get anything off the hard drive so no pictures and I have never bothered to take anymore. Pre-cloud days.
 
Got a deal on a barrel and stock and then bought every piece required to fully assemble this one. Cost the same as if I'd bought one from someone here.
Mounted a diamond post to the front sight blade. Haven't fired it yet, but it was still a great experience. Very proud and yes, it's number starts with 'K'.
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4v50 Gary said:
flushing (w/hot water) is the best way to clean a barrel.
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With soap works well. The frizzen spring broke on the very first shot i fired. Bad luck. 1970s

Got hit with a piece of flint above my left eye, years ago. Drawed blood. Came from a flint 3 benches to my left. The gas flow from the flash hole picked up the tiny piece of flint.

Freak accident, but i now pack up and leave the area. I wear blinders now, from old Bullseye Pistol days.
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My understanding is that the TC breech is very weird. It's not just a normal patent breech. It has a flash hole in the center of the breech, and then a long flash channel that meets/intersects another channel coming from the bolster area. ??? I've always wondered why no one made a replacement breech for the TC.

I don't ever "flush" my muzzle loaders, but I do with the my TC. Then I spray "powder blast" through it. Then clean the gun again with alcohol. I'm not a very trusting man, and after seeing cut-away pics of the TC breech, it does not inspire trust. !!! I have not shot my TC much, and don't think I've had a miss-fire with it. For hunting last week I charged it with 20 grains of 4fg first, then 60 grains of 2fg. The thought being that the 4fg would settle deeper into those strange and contorted flash channels. But, the weather was good so I stuck with the Jeager, and never got a shot at anything anyhow.

But I have to wonder, what were they thinking when they designed that breech?
 
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