This law exempts antique firearms from any form of gun control or special engineering. Code, Section 921(a)(16) defines antique firearms as all guns manufactured prior to 1899. ![]() Every musket and muzzleloader rifle, kit or parts sold by is considered primitive or antique weaponry according to guidelines provided by the US Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (BATF). Everything for sale on is completely legal to own, trade, transport, and sell within the United States of America. Or.send the stock asm to TC and pay them parts and labor to do it all.Legal Notice - observes all Federal, State and local laws. Then re-install trigger asm, re-install trigger guard, slide long tang bolt down through newly drilled hole in stock, and screw it into the newly tapped seat on the trigger guard. (re-designed with a pass-through hole drilled through the front of it.you can't simply drill a hole through the old style trigger plate) ģ) Ordered new style front trigger spring to go with new style trigger plate ($1.00) Ĥ) Transferred old trigger parts (and new trigger spring) to new trigger "plate" ĥ) Mount trigger plate and mark the wood through the pass-through hole of the new trigger plate Ħ) Remove and set aside the new trigger plate asm ħ) Drill 1/4" hole through the front hole of the steel tang Ĩ)Continue drilling from the old front tang screw hole down through the stock so it comes out at the marked wood to align with the pass-through hole in the new style trigger plate Ĩ) Measure, mark, drill, and tap a corresponding threaded seat in the existing trigger guard If you're handy with small tools, this is the alternative I've used a few times now:Ģ) Ordered a new trigger "plate" ($11.00) Plus the front tang hole and stock have to be drilled through top to bottom with a 1/4" bit. > New trigger assembly (about $30.00 I think)Īs you can see, complete new trigger asm & trigger guard are very expensive items. > New, long front tang "bolt" (about $2.00) Well, first, I called them 'kits' but TC probably doesn't actually think of them as 's simply the following 3 parts: If it's an exceptional stock, you might want to add that strengthening kit to prevent the stock crack which is not all that uncommon.occurs on the left side of the stock, running 2-3" with the grain above the lock bolt washer forward into the barrel bed on the left side of the tang. Most of the Cougars were made before TC introduced the wrist strengthening kit consisting of the long front tang bolt which goes all the way down through the stock, through the trigger plate, and threads into the trigger guard. Other than the stocks being very pretty and of interest due to their eye appeal, they don't have any "collectors value" as such.if it was clean I'd agree $275 was a good buy.I have some, one of which I converted to a Flintlock.īe aware there are no spare parts available unique to the Cougar like the stainless furniture.the barrel & tang are standard, the trigger asm is standard, all the internal parts of the caplock asm are stadard but the stainless hammer & sideplate would be tough to impossible to replace.the good news is that nothing much ever happens to them.and just as FYI, a standard case colored Hawken caplock asm is the exact same thing if you ever got into a situation where the lock had to be replaced completely. Non-glare pewter looking stainless lock and furniture, standard 15/16" x 28" x 1:48" Hawken barrel with the additional word 'Cougar' stamped on it, and 4 digit serial numbers. Highly figured presentation grade American black walnut with a stainless medallion of a Cougar perched on a rock set into the right side of the butt stock. ![]() What's it worth? Is $275 too much? Any info is helpful.Ĭlick to expand.Special runs of 5000 each in '87 and '92.45 &. What year was it made? Barrel number is 8848. Never fired best I can tell and looks brand new. Well, it came home with me.Īnyone know the TC Hawken Cougar 50? This one has a medalion on the stock, stainless furniture, double set trigs, percussion, 28" barrel, maple stock?, unknown rate of twist, and stainless tipped ramrod. I made my offer and told him to think on it. ![]() The other had a GM barrel and the patch showed small rust. There was two ML there so I ran patches down both. It was then this old cat needed a litter box! Trying to hold in my emotions I asked if I could run a patch down the barrel. Then this old cat looked on the barrel and saw Thompson Center 50. Looked at the butt plate and nice tight fit. I'm thinking where in the heck is the blue or the brass? I flip the gun upside down and the fitting looked great. And sounded like TC ran the cougar late 80s to early 90s.Īnyhow, Went to a gun show today and ran into this ML with stainless furniture. I searched past threads for the cougar and found some info about TC making special runs on rifles.
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