Got a 12 Gauge TC NE

[Loyalist Dave]

I just got a 12 gauge TC New Englander. ODD that it has the synthetic stock :barf: but a fixed choke, which is either IC or Cylinder Bore.

ODD that the first versions of the 12 gauge were wood stocked and no choke tubes, while the latter variations had one option, with a synthetic stock and choked tubes.

:idunno:

Anyway my boy is turning 18 in March, and he likes my .54 New Englander with a wood stock, so I figured buy the 12 gauge version, so he has a second barrel for upland birds, small game, and turkey, AND extra spare parts since the New Englander is no longer in production. :wink:

Crossing fingers the other barrel will properly fit the wooden stock version.

LD

 

[Britsmoothy]

:hatsoff: I am tuning green. :thumbsup:

 

[White Oak]

Hey, good for you! Not seeing many NEs around anymore. I did see one with a synthetic stock and choke tubes at a gun show in January.
I have the old wood stock and cyl. bore model.I know TC serial numbers don't mean much but it has a 4 digit number. My "smooth bore".
I bought it for turkey hunting as most of our birds are taken at short range. 1 1/4 oz of 7 1/2s puts a lot of shot around the head and neck out to about 25 yds. Really a fun little gun.
I have been told it will do a respectable job with a .690 round ball but have never tried it.
Good luck. I hope the barrel fits.
Take care,
Ed

 

[Stumpkiller]

I have one I built (assembled) from a kit. Wood and straight cylinder bore - though I later had it jug choked.

Interestingly - T/C sent a front bead that was too large of threads to fit the pre-drilled hole. Happily a local gunsmith traded me one of the proper size.

Even with the jug choking it does still toss a good round ball. But I have the .50 cal barrel for deer (very handy carbine - I live where CF rifles were not allowed and killed many deer with the .50 in regular (shotgun) season).

 

[Loyalist Dave]

Yeah where we live most of the state is either shotgun or ML, so we use ML's for deer. BUT not a good idea to go upward at a squirrel, even if you can hit him in the head, with a .54, eh? Don't know where that ball is coming down. Hence the second barrel.

LD

 

[harleysboss]

I bought a 12 ga new englander barrel and it fit perfectly to a wood stock that I had. Mine had the full choke screw in so I bought a cylinder choke tube for it. There used to be a long going thread about cloth strips used for better patterns. I worked a load for mine and killed a double on turkeys at just about 30 yards. Their heads were together while fighting. We have a 2 bird limit so I took careful aim and down they both went, Cold Turkey :grin: I no longer have mine. I sold it for other projects. I now have a custom 12ga underhammer built by John Taylor in Wa. State. Going to start working on the Skychief special load for it. Yours will be a pleasure to carry in the woods. Enjoy it and don't sell it! I miss mine.

 

[joelweeks]

I was shooting my NE at the local range last year just to clean the cobwebs out of it, while reloading I heard one of the guys from 5 stand ask another guy what I was shooting, he replied its a muzzle loading rifle and he's hitting every bird he shoots at. I later showed them it was a 12 ga. and let them shoot it a couple times.

 

[azmntman]

:haha: I'd of never confessed. I'd of introduced myself as James T. Boone or something :blah:

 

[excess650]

Barrels from New Englander, Grey Hawk, Tree Hawk, and High Plains Sporter swap with no problems. I have a walnut stocked NE in .50, a GH with .50 and .54 barrels, 12ga choke tube barrel, and have my Tree Hawk 12ga fixed choke offered for sale.

Even though the synthetic stocks aren't traditional, the slender wrist and forend sure have a nice feel to them.

 

[PK]

My .54 TC New Englander was my first ML back in the early '90's. I bought a 12 ga choked barrel at the same time. Stocked in walnut. Shot bunch of deer with it in the past and it's still my grouse gun to this day. It's the one gun I will never part with.