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I just spoke to Gail Lynch. She assures me that after the fire a number of years ago, T/C continues to make its own barrels. The wood work, and some of the other parts are made by subcontractors, including the locks, but they still make their own barrels.

I suspect that one of the reasons that S&W was interested in buying T/C was because it was making its barrels in house, and was obviously equipped to make those barrels and more. Because of the reduction in the number of calibers, and models of Sidelock MLERS T/C is selling, I imagine that some of the machinery has been put to work filling orders for barrels for S&W lines.
 
It's common knowledge among us older muzzleloader types. T/C came out with their gun first, then later on the Investarms copy appeared. The timing and the similarities speak for themselves.
 
From the T/C website.

Our precision investment castings come from our own casting facility here in Rochester, Thompson Investment Castings.

That would be everything but the barrels, & we know they make their own barrels.

Maybe they buy the screws & springs from contracters.
 
Mark: I was aware of that claim. But, that is not the idea I got from talking to Gail on the phone yesterday. I believe that she at least thinks the parts are being jobbed out to other providers.
 
Nothing says a company can't produce castings in their own foundry here in the U.S.A. and then "job them out" to somewhere in Mexico or the Orient.

Happens all the time. :hmm:
 
Mark's said quote
Investarms reverse engineered (took one apart & copied it) the T/C Hawken. That's why the parts sometimes interchange. The Lyman/Investarms is a fair copy of a great product.

Russ T Frizzen said:
It's common knowledge among us older muzzleloader types. T/C came out with their gun first, then later on the Investarms copy appeared. The timing and the similarities speak for themselves.

:hmm: So another claim not fact. And that is an opinion. Another crazy claim. :2
 
MAd professor. I never mentioned TC percussion guns in my post. TC percussion lock guns are one thing. Even if most of their flint lock was manufacturered with "Great" quality, the geometry of how the flint strikes the frizzen and the quality of steel in the case hardened frizzens are an achilles heel. Nearly any one can have a hammer fall on a perc. cap. It takes a much higher level of engineering and metallurgy to make a good flint lock.

If TC flinters were such good quality, why does L&R sell so many replacement locks. I have had both TC's perc and flint and Investarms perc and flint. TC's fit and finish was generally better. The Lyman GPR, physically fit me much better (drop, cast off and pull) and looks more traditional. The Investarms flint frizzens are made out of better steel than the TC. Yep there are good and bad things about each manufacturer's product. My fist flinter was a CVA, followed by a TC. That TC was so prone to problems, I ended up half soling the frizzen, which did correct the problem.
 
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