Putting a scope on a TC Hawken?

[J-Bar]

My eyes have aged enough that iron sights in the gloom of early morning or dusk just aren't acceptable. I hate to put a scope on a muzzleloader, but it's either that or give up going into the deer woods during muzzleloader season.

I would appreciate advice from those who use a scope on their rifle. Brands, magnifications, mounts, etc.

My rifle is a Thompson-Center .54 caliber Hawken.

Thanks for your help.

 

[Armored farmer]

I feel your pain J-Bar. I hunted deer exclusively w/ my T/C Hawken .54 until this year. After missing a HUGE buck at 95 yds last year, I decided to get a scoped slug gun for 2010 firearm season.....and hold the .54 back for m/l only season.
I chose a Bushnell Banner 1.75x-4x 32mm to top my new H&R Ultra-lite slug gun. I really like the scope, and think it would do well on a Hawken as well.
When I sighted the slug gun in...the scope quickly walked my shots into the bullseye with only 7 rds...2 more in the black to confirm. 5 days later...I tagged a nice 8pt buck.

 

[Chawbaccer]

TC made a magnetic mount, and there are clamp on ones out there, If you search Ebay you will likely find something.

 

[arcticap]

Dixie sells the Quickee Mount in 2 sizes for 15/16th's and 1 inch barrels:

http://www.dixiegunworks.com/product_info.php?products_id=7612

http://www.dixiegunworks.com/product_info.php?products_id=7613

 

[angolabob]

T/C Hawken

I have been using a T/C Renegade in .54 cal for over ten years for both shotgun and ML season . I aquired the see thru scope mount through ironsighter.com . This mount is made to replace the rear sight with no gunsmithing. I also mounted a Simmons 3-9x40 regular rifle scope and have been very pleased with the results.

 

[BCRider]

I'm not far off your state of affairs J-bar. The little V notches look fuzzy to the point of being pretty near useless to me and using them requires far more "interpretation" than I like.

However I've tried a couple of lever and bolt guns that used peep and ghost ring sights. For my eye issues I found that they were quick to acquire a good sight picture and the target as well. The ghost ring being not really affected by light at all while the peep sight tended to affect the brightness depending on the size of the peep aperature. At my present state these less "scope'y" options would work for me and perhaps it would be worth your time to look into them for yourself.

 

[ontarget]

Have you given any thought to fiber optic sights? I put these on my CVA plains hunter and it earned me a little more time in the dim hours of the day. Not very expensive either.

 

[SleazyRider]

What about a stock-mounted peep sight? Is there such a thing for the T/C Hawken? I can't bring myself around to scoping my black powder, either.

 

[RevDerb]

What about a stock-mounted peep sight? Is there such a thing for the T/C Hawken? I can't bring myself around to scoping my black powder, either.

I saved myself from the pain of such an experience by buying a used T/C Hawken .50 already scoped.