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Hawkdancer:
Eric,
I am more or less looking for one of those front sights, where did you find it?  I got a more or less finished TC kit gun and redid the stock to make everything fit and flush and refinished it with Truoil.  It actually shoots better than I do, but had to install a peep sight which I managed to screw up by not adjusting it properly. Have to send that in for factory repair!  Otherwise it is a fun gun to shoot!  But when I decide to go bp big game hunting, I always take my .58 Navy Arms Buffalo Hunter as a backup rifle.
New questions - do you know if Douglas(?) has restarted production of the .40 cal drop in barrels for the TC Hawken?  Also, I thought I heard there was a 20 ga barrel made for the Navy Arms Buffalo Hunter, but haven't been able to find out anything about it.  You are much more knowledgeable on those things than I am, any info is greatly appreciated.  Thanks and good shooting!
Hawkdancer

JW_Halverson:
If a fiber optic sight is what it takes to prevent a cruel wounding of a deer, then use it!  It is what it is.  No judgement here. (Heck, I just bought a set of carbon fiber arrows last week!)

Eric Krewson:
The sight came from eBay, the guy selling them had a bunch of new old stock. They are oversized for the dovetail so they take some filing to make them fit.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Thompson-Center-7748-Fiber-Optic-Traditional-Front-Sight-New/153242130392?hash=item23adf157d8:g:Lg8AAOSwEYBag20u:rk:1:pf:0

Track of the Wolf has drop ins, .50 and .54, 32" Green Mountain barrels. The Gun Works appears to have every caliber of drop-in for 15/16 and 1" barrels but they are very pricy for the small calibers.

Douglas doesn't make M/L barrels

Don't know about navy arms barrels, if you could find a rusted out one Bobby Hoyt can turn it into a 20ga for you. I had him rebore and rifle two barrels for me, top notch work.

Hawkdancer:
Eric,
Thanks for the info!  I may well have been mistaken about the the Douglas drop ins for TCs.  When I bought my .58 long rifle years ago( circa 1983), I was told by the seller that it was a Douglas barrel.  Very accurate rifle.  I will check out GM barrels.  Pricey, I don't need!  A rusty old .58 Navy BH, I'll try to trade for!
Hawkdancer

Eric Krewson:
Douglas made M/L barrels in the time frame for your rifle but a subsequent lawsuit over a blown up barrel cost them a bundle and they decided to stop M/L barrel production. This was over 25 year ago.

The general consensus of opinion is the guy shot smokeless powder or shot with a barrel obstruction but a slick lawyer won the case for him.

GM doesn't show drop ins on their web site but I heard that was where Track was getting them. They stil cost about as much as a good used complete gun.

It cost me $140 to get a TC barrel rebored, about half the cost of a drop-in.

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