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T-C Hawken older model question
« on: April 05, 2007, 03:25:01 AM »
I recently acquired an older Hawken in  .45 ,  after purchasing, it  was brought to my attenttion that the metal beam that is attached to under the barrel ,that the rod guides are attached to is usually made of blued steel. on this particular gun this rod is made of brass.  has anyone ever seen this before? or is this a very early model {serial #  175***} that may not have had a steel hanging rod?
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Re: T-C Hawken older model question
« Reply #1 on: April 05, 2007, 12:04:14 PM »
That part is called the "under-rib"...it's always been blued steel, never brass.

The two "ramrod thimbles" are brass, that the ramrod slides through.
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Re: T-C Hawken older model question
« Reply #2 on: April 05, 2007, 12:17:28 PM »
Sounds custom!

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Re: T-C Hawken older model question
« Reply #3 on: April 05, 2007, 04:31:45 PM »
If I remember right, the under rib was screwed in.  Sounds like someone lost an under rib or decided to make his rifle look different.

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Re: T-C Hawken older model question
« Reply #4 on: April 05, 2007, 05:18:25 PM »
zermatt7
I have never seen a brass under rib on a TC, like some else suggested it must be aftermarket....  And a barrel with 6 digits in the serial number really should not be that old.  I forget the date that TC started making 45's but it does not seem that long ago.
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Re: T-C Hawken older model question
« Reply #5 on: April 07, 2007, 03:48:44 AM »
I read this post several times. Still wondering just what I read?
I have a T/C hawkins and the under rib is steel the pin that slides thru to hold tha barrel at the forarm is brass.
I am not sure what this hanging barrel rod is??????
This is one post where a picture would be great to have.


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Re: T-C Hawken older model question
« Reply #6 on: April 07, 2007, 05:14:25 AM »
Yooper

No, that is the wedge and it is brass on a Hawken and Blued steel on a Renegade, it goes through the underLUG dovetailed into the barrel.  The underRIB is the long rod that the ram rod slides along under the barrel and through the thimbles into the fore arm of the stock....  Way to may "under" things....
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Re: T-C Hawken older model question
« Reply #7 on: April 07, 2007, 09:36:07 AM »
I read this post several times. Still wondering just what I read?
I have a T/C hawkins and the under rib is steel the pin that slides thru to hold tha barrel at the forarm is brass.
I am not sure what this hanging barrel rod is??????
This is one post where a picture would be great to have.


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I would have loved to added a pic but unfortunately I,m either computer illiterate or this site is set up to where only a computer geek can post pics. The piece is called a barrel rib, I apologize for not knowing the correct terminology when I originaly posted.  I,ve since talked to T-C and they confirmed it is an after market embellishment.

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Re: T-C Hawken older model question
« Reply #8 on: April 07, 2007, 09:49:47 AM »
Eric, if you have the pics saved on your PC, choose the "Additional Options" below the text window when you post a reply, hit the browse button and find the pic on your PC, select it and it will show up as a thumbnail below your text. Hit the (more attachments) to add up to 5 more pics. ;)

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Re: T-C Hawken older model question
« Reply #9 on: April 07, 2007, 12:26:35 PM »
Thanks Tim,
I'll try again to post a pic...

the pic is set at the smallest size thru pix resizer...640 x 480 I keep getting an error message when i try to post it...

[Your attachment couldn't be saved. This might happen because it took too long to upload or the file is bigger than the server will allow
Please consult your server administrator for more information]

The custom underlug does'nt seem to affect the accuracy....
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Re: T-C Hawken older model question
« Reply #10 on: April 07, 2007, 01:45:08 PM »
How many Kbs is the pic and what is the file type? .jpg, .bmp or ?? Allowed file types: wav, mp3, txt, doc, pdf, jpg, gif, png

Maximum attachment size allowed: 1024 KB, per post: 6

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Re: T-C Hawken older model question
« Reply #11 on: April 13, 2007, 12:24:02 PM »
Tim,

The pic was a jpeg, 640 x 480 or something ...I did it on pixre-sizer and it was within limits...?

Anyway I know figured out the brass rod part.  Homemade deal.

 
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Re: T-C Hawken older model question
« Reply #12 on: April 13, 2007, 01:29:39 PM »
I've used pic converters that corrupted pics so they couldn't be uploaded to MyHostedPics, could be the same issue, even tho the file extension was proper, got a message that said it wasn't recognized or some such. :-\

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Re: T-C Hawken older model question
« Reply #13 on: April 13, 2007, 03:53:38 PM »
I apologize for not knowing the correct terminology when I originaly posted.
zermatt7, you don't need to apologize for a thing...there isn't a member on this forum who started in this hobby already knowing everything.
 
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