What are your favorite Thompson Center (T/C) Percussion guns?

I've owned a lot of them, I never cared for the Renegade, too clubby, never felt right. Hawken, Pa Hunter top choices.

54 Hawken percussion, 45 Hawken flint and 45 Patriot pistol

I have three TC rifles. Favorite is the .54 cal. my wife bought as a kit in 85 as a Christmas gift to me. Two are Seneca's. A .36 cal. that I got for her, and a .45 that bought from a forum member.

Currently my favorite is my .45 Seneca.

I have a .50 Renegade that shoots great and has never malfunctioned.

I have an early 90s 50 cal New Englander dad gave me. It shoots 385 gr Great Plains bullets at a screaming rate with 80 gr of 3f. Very accurate. My favorite is my 73 Hawken. It shoots a .490 ball and .015 patch sitting on top of 60 grains of 3F with a lubed felt wad on top of the charge. Very accurate as well. I don't see anything wrong with anything they made. If you cant shoot them, its your own fault I would LOVE to get my hands on a .54 one day. Just not ready yet.

My 54 Renegade A#1. But I just got my my Reneboar er Reneboar put together, so give me some range time.

I have had several the renegade I have right now is as good as anything

My favorite T/C is the only one I’ve ever owned - a second-hand, lefty New Englander in .50 cal!

airiest-falcon0n said:

My favorite T/C is the only one I’ve ever owned - a second-hand, lefty New Englander in .50 cal!

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The new Englander is probably my favorite TC gun. A short NE in .54 is now my main deer rifle and a 12 gauge NE is my turkey gun.

Since I posted about the only TC I owned, I found another, while checking & dusting the rifles in the round rifle rack. I put it together from parts that I found in my stash and on eBay in 2019 and now consider it my new favorite. TC stock & lock with a Green Mountain .40 cal barrel. It is a tack driver.

My favorite is bird, upland, waterfowl with the New Englander or TreeHawk. Have the .50 for the TreeHawk a Tackdriver.

Also have a NEW IN BOX NEVER FIRED PA HUNTER CARBINE if anyone may be looking!!!

DanL said:

What are your favorite Thompson Center (T/C) Muzzleloading percussion guns?

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New Englanders. i have a .50,.54.58 and a 20 gauge. Got enough stuff to build another or two.

My favorite is my .50 Hawken restocked in a Pecatonica Long Rifle stock with a Hawken shop trigger guard and nose cap. Also. I’m fond of the .54 Renegade I bought from the original Gander Mountain retail store in Wisconsin in the mid 1970s.

Renegade .56 smoothbore
also have a rifled .54 for it, but I don't use it since I figured out a good roundball load inside of 50 yards with the .56 barrel

cynthialee said:

Renegade .56 smoothbore
also have a rifled .54 for it, but I don't use it since I figured out a good roundball load inside of 50 yards with the .56 barrel

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Plus 1 for the .56 smoothbore. One of my favorites.

The only TC’s I own are the Cherokee. A 36 and 45. So I guess they are my favorite TC. The 36 is a real sweetheart.

Gtrubicon said:

The only TC’s I own are the Cherokee. A 36 and 45. So I guess they are my favorite TC. The 36 is a real sweetheart.

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I really like the Cherokee. Particularly the slim profile and light weight. Pretty easy in the eyes too.

The 45 is stupid accurate, it takes the mystery out of the gun for me. I have several in 45 that I tinker with. The 36 is just flat awesome. It’s my only small bore as of now. The Crack of that 36 going off is awesome.

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The 45 is stupid accurate, it takes the mystery out of the gun for me. I have several in 45 that I tinker with. The 36 is just flat awesome. It’s my only small bore as of now. The Crack of that 36 going off is awesome.

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I like a good .36. mine is a CVA, so not as nice as a TC, but I do appreciate the caliber. Popped a possum on the half shell with it the other day. My Cherokee, which is probably the most accurate BP gun I've owned, is a .40. great little gun.