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If you are really getting serious about muzzle loading, you would use something much better than a TC (not)Hawken, you would use patched round balls, not Maxi-balls and, most certainly, there would be no guessing about charges.
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Serious in what way? If you dress in authentic pre-1840 fur trapper clothing and are a stickler for authenticity, you won't be happy with a TC Hawken.
However, you see a lot of TC rifles on the firing line of muzzle loading matches, many of them highly customized including slow twist barrels for patched round balls.
I have even won matches with the stock 1 in 48 inch "compromise twist" barrel using patched round balls.
I have found that Maxi balls don't group well until you reach nearly maximum loads, then suddenly they become quite accurate.