TC 50 cal Hawken bore dimensions?

Going to depend on how many there are.
My 6 groove they run .09- maybe little ove .1. When I did a recut on it an .09 bit followed very good.

Malamute:

As best I can measure with my "early" T/C Hawken .50 rifle, bore: .500"/.501", Groove: .512", twist 1 turn in 48". My gun may be tighter than normal. Later rifles, especially those with the "QLA" relieved muzzles seem to be slightly larger (at least a couple of my friends' rifles are)

ism it possible that the top of the lands are .50? and the bottom of the grooves are .504? i dont think they were cut , but swagged barrels. lets give the shooter here perfect diam. as he asked for. 4 thousands deep is good enough for what you want. the thompson hawken shoots well for 70 grains of real black and a patched round ball. or 100 grains of real black and a sabot with a 250 grain .451 bullet in it. to shoot a full cast bullet it would have to be a 300 grain .504 or something like that for the 1/48 twist. anything bigger would be not the right one for that twist. the best twist for a 50 cal with a cast bullet is 1/32. the long range shooters use 1/27. to me that isnt as good as the 1/32. i built one at 1/24. required a 720 grain cast bullet to shoot good. it wopuld drop anything in north america but that was too much lead going down range. before i sold that gun to a elk hiunter i shot a deer with it. it knocked it sideways several feet and blew a hole though it like a cannon hit it. too much gun for a deer. elk wont have a chance. that 720 grain bullet didnt kick all that much but it was ment for really big game and nothing else. the 1/48 twist is good as you wont have to have much over 300 grains to shoot. remember that the over one mile shot that made billy dixon made was with only a 400 grain paper patched bullet in poss. a 50/ 90 straight. a 50/70 is a dream come true cal. with black horn 209 powder it will shoot as good as a 50/90 straight. in the fur traders museum near chadron ne. their is like new 50/ 70 springfield. in the white.. i go nuts inside every time i see that gun. never ever been shot much, and the most perfect gun anyone could ever own. they sell their stock their if someone has the money. that one would take money. the 50/70 is a good gun to build.

Curator said:

Malamute:

As best I can measure with my "early" T/C Hawken .50 rifle, bore: .500"/.501", Groove: .512", twist 1 turn in 48". My gun may be tighter than normal. Later rifles, especially those with the "QLA" relieved muzzles seem to be slightly larger (at least a couple of my friends' rifles are)

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If the groove is .512 it's a smooth bore. Grooves on a 6 grooves 6 lands are between .09 an .130 depending on width of lands. Hawkens I've seen are 6 grooves 6 lands