You can download manuals from the Thompson Center website listed here in the related links, you can also find a phone number there to request a hard copy. You will need to know the model. In this case the 25th anniversary Hawken, same specs apply as the standard Hawkens rifle.
Depends on the firearm. There is no one process.
The first step for loading and unloading a firearm is to point the gun in a safe direction.
noun, a muzzle loading firearm
what model firearms ???
powder,ball and capped
Best left to a gunsmith
The simplest would be a single shot muzzle loading firearm. In modern cartridge firearms, a break action firearm. They are made as rifles, shotguns and pistols.
The value of a firearm depends on the condition it is currently in. It also depends on which model the firearm is. Some models were made in less numbers and therefore are less common and can command higher prices. The closer to original condition as far as the amount of original finish remaining on the wood and/or metal is more desirable to collectors.
No it should not. Are you sure the air gun is a .22 caliber not a .25 caliber. Air you loading it right? Are you loading it through the breech? You are using an air gun not a real gun.
The term "squirrel gun" was used with muzzle loading rifles that were smaller caliber than deer rifles. There was no one set caliber, but many were in .32 caliber, where a deer rifle would be .50, .54 or larger.
The Springfield rifled Musket, Model 1855 had a caliber of 0.58-inch and was a single shot, muzzle-loading weapon.
One where the powder and bullet (or shot) is loaded into the gun from the front end (muzzle) of the barrel.