Undoubtedly the most copied rifle in the history of firearms, the T/C Hawken was designed for the American shooter. This is a top quality firearm, every bit as the one your great, great granddaddy carried across the saddle pommel or packed along on the wagon train. It captures the romance of the original but it is manufactured to standard of quality control that were unheard of in the early 1800's. The proper use of investment castings, improved methods of hardening parts and deep hole drilling, the use of continuous Magnaflux process to guard against imperfections.