Thompson Center Hawken – .54 Cal – Kentucky Rifle – T/C – TC – Cap & Ball

This is a no reserve penny auction for a Thompson Center Hawken black powder rifle in .54 Cal. Serial number- 238829. This Hawken is in good condition and comes with 2 spare ram rods and a patch puller. The Hawken rifle is generally shorter and of a larger caliber than earlier Kentucky Rifles. It was popular in the mid-nineteenth century. The term "Hawken rifle" technically referred to rifles made by Jacob and Samuel Hawken of St Louis, Missouri but was often used generically to refer to a variety of "plains rifles" of the period. Thompson Center Hawken A TOP QUALITY, AMERICAN MADE MUZZLELOADING RIFLE Top Percussion / Bottom Flintlock Undoubtedly the most copied rifle in the history of firearms, the T/C Hawke was designed for the American shooter.