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Bring back traditional black powder rifles like the Hawken. There are others also. People at the rifle range love my Hawken.

Dear god, why would I want to use an inline which were invented to cheat the system? Precision copper and plastic belted bullets, stainless steel barrel, and with expensive scopes? I can just use a bolt action rifle and get the same result. If I want a big bore I can just use a break open 20ga or 12ga shotgun with slugs which is not much different than an inline. The whole point of muzzleloading seasons it to allow traditional hunting styles to be kept alive. The internet now provides a wealth of information to help new shooters so there's much much less trial and error involved.

I'm guessing they'll focus on re-releasing their most popular models. Build on success! My Firestorm was relatively unpopular so I doubt they'll come back. Luckily, I'm set for life on spare parts.

Put my first Hawken together over 40 years ago hope they come back

This is great to hear, I can't wait to see a flintlock Hawkins from tc and kits 🤠

Who can do it the fastest means nothing to me .....if u can do it ur a step ahead of most in this generation ..

We have enough inlines to go around. I hope TC will bring back their classic rifles at a reasonable cost.

Jim has a kit in the works

My first trip to Alaska in 1967 my brother took me to a local gun smith in Cooper Landing with a Hawkin on the rack in case a moose walked by. Curly maple stock as I recall...

Maybe im not being a purist but traditions was on to something with the Elkhorn removable breech plug. If TC coud incorporate something like that into their traditional guns that would be great. I think that more people would get into muzzleloading with a easier to clean traditional gun

I bought some Remington #10 and #11 back in 2012. I used about 2 of them. I'm saving them for a zombie apocalypse 😂

It would be great to see TC offer a Hawken kit better than what's currently out there at a value level. I want to build a muzzleloader with my son's but a kibler is too much for a first build with them

Why the reupload?

T/C should look more into stainless and nitride barrels moving forward. One thing that dissappointed me with my T/C Triumph with weathershield, is that after one of my 1st hunts with it in a kind of mist, the bore started surface rusting. Gun shoots well, still like it, but that did bug me. I know Glen from Bass and Bucks, is actually where I bought my Triumph. Bass and Bucks is a nice shop, with a 750 yard range.

One of the worst things for hunting, and the future of hunting, is greedy farmers destroying all the timber. Keep seeing this more and more. Now rich out of staters are buying up all the land, and selling in smaller tracts, or just sitting on the land for later reasons. You can not outbid a lot of these people. It's hard to find land that wont be ruined habitat wise, by the neiboring timber properties being ripped out. 20-30 years from now ypou will be lucky to find land worth buying, that isnt stripped of all the good trees loogged out, or with ideal habitat to support wildlife needs. Will lead to peaple over crowding dangerously on state lands, or just giving up on hunting.

Its not a real black powder gun with a scope and all that gun. Really get a flint lock and be come a hunter.

About a year ago, I heard there was talk of a new T/C facility possibly opening up.

Oh this is fantastic news! I found out about this book about the same time the first printing sold out qnd ive been trying to find one ever since. Ill keep an eye out at NMLRA, TotW, etc. Thank you Ethan for sharing this around!

I have my copy and happened to just come across one when I did, you won't get me to part with mine, the amount of info in that in invaluable.

Yay! I missed the original printing and looked but never found a used one for sale. Will be ordering one as soon as they're available. Speaking of reprints, D.F. Harding's fascinating "Introduction to East India Company Smallarms c1775 - 1851," the 2013 one-volume distillation of his massive four-volume study, was reprinted earlier this year. Used ones run between $325 and $350. My copy was £35 plus shipping from a UK bookseller.

Hey Ethan, do you know if there will be a pre-order on these?I've been waiting a long time.I would hate to wait till August The twelfth, make my order to find out they're all gone already.

ZOO AWV 😂😂😂

They arent banning muzzleloaders. I say as long as the gun is shooting black powder or black powder substitute, it should be allowed. America needs to learn to mind its own business!!! A second shot should be of massive advantage to you. But yeah, smokeless needs to stay in smokeless seasons.

Why do people care about what muzzleloader other people are using to hunt?

Those shoes in that are crazy. Love the dedication!

Thanks for sharing. By the way, don't worry about those dang "nondescript" so and soes! What your cannon balls missed, the muzzle blast/shock wave would have gotten anyhow, lol! 🤔 A possible thing to have fun with would be to replicate different historical anti-rigging loadings etcetera 🤗 Bar Shot against simulated Sail rigging 🤓

Great chunk of knowledge.

Wow!

I get it - the patch is esentially like a 'sabot' engaging the lands & grooves of the rifling - not the lead ball itself. Also noticed when he measured the ramrod inside the barrel it went BEYOND the touchhole, so the primer flame thru the touch hole ignites the main powder charge between the patch & the powder AT THE TOP of the powder chartge and NOT AT THE BOTTOM as in self contained metalic cartriges primed from behind (or at the bottom) of their powder. Needle guns also did this in the first primitive bolt actions of the 1870s. Very interesting. Been muzzle loading 50 years and thought I 'Knew it all" HA! Nice wake up call. Very well done this instructionasl video. Thanks - I love muzzleloading!

They are called NAILS not lock bolts...................

What tools does a person need to assemble the Hawken? Also, what is the skill level one needs to assemble the Hawken?

I noted you explain that your "impression" will be as a surveyor. Same here. I did CivWar reenacting from 1982-2000 but have been pondering the mid-18th century for the past couple of years. Anyway, you could call me a fresh fish cause I'm changing to the colonial period. How are you doing on locating instruments? So far all I have found in my price range is a set of surveyor chains. LOL Take care, I'm very much enjoying your videos. Dave in Florida

Did you mention the charge of BH?

Glad you posted this. There is almost nothing on youtube about The Hawken Shop kits.