I just received a Thompson Center 50 caliber New Englander cammo version rifle in the mail. I got it with a bunch of accessories quite cheap because the seller stated that it had a blown nipple hole. He said he tried an oversized nipple but could not get it to work and he wasn't playing around with it. So I figured I'd get the oversize taps and whatever nipple it may require. There was a new nipple in a little plastic bag supplied with the gun. So, I gave it a try. It screwed right in to the base of the nipple and I had no trouble tightening it so I'm not sure what's going on there. I sent the seller a message to clarify before I go to any drastic measures.
But, I have a couple of general questions. This gun has the synthetic cammo stock and cammo barrel. I assume it is a "Tree Hawk" model. Should it say Tree Hawk on the barrel or was that just what they called their type of cammo? The barrel just says New Englander. Also, the lockplate and hammer are case colored, not cammo. Also, it has a black rubber recoil pad (factory), not a cammo one. Would this maybe be an early model or is it not a Tree Hawk at all? The barrel is 24" long, 25" counting the breech plug. The cammo on it is factory, it has the cammo sights and ramrod thimbles and, as mentioned, the stock is cammo synthetic. From pics I have come across, the rifles they are calling as Tree Hawks have cammo locks and hammers as well as cammo butt pad.