T/C New Englander

[Loyalist Dave]

No octagon to round on the New Englander.

Of course ..., there are times when I wonder if I'm low on sleep, or caffeine, or getting too much age, or all of the above......

LD

 

[bubba.50]

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Of course ..., there are times when I wonder if I'm low on sleep, or caffeine, or getting too much age, or all of the above......

LD

Hahaha. One'a the perils of livin' so damn long is I seem to have developed a case of 'Part-timers disease'. It's not as bad as the 'All-timers' but can still drive ya nuts.

 

[nit wit]

Sometimes I come across old TC adds, and it never stops amazing me the things they used to make. I can not confirm that 1:60 is a factory twist for a New Englander, but I wouldn't bet against it. I actually think it is 1:66", but close enough. Most, if not all were 1:48". Their carbines were usually 1:20", although even the scout rifle carbine came in a slower twist once in a while. Possibly that 1:38". It's also possible that the guy has another model that happens to look like a New Englander, but really isn't. I know I've seen a pistol grip version of the New Englander, but it wasn't called a New Englander. Everything else on it looked the same. I'm fairly sure that was a slow twist.

TC definitely made slow twist barrels, although rarely, but from what I've seen they were all shallow button rifling, so I doubt the very slow twists are any better off than the 1:48" standard, which works fairly well. The only 1:20" twist I have is the scout pistol, but that would be plenty accurate for 75 yard shots with a rifle stock. It really doesn't seem to shoot that much different than my 1:48" Renegade, although being a pistol, is much harder to test accuracy potential.

1:66 was cut rifling
NW

 

[nit wit]

I'm with Bubba 50 1:48
Shot my first bear with one!
Nit Wit

 

[Danny Ross]

The New Englander was a 1:48 twist both 50 and 54 in a 24" barrel. Even the TC custom shop didn't offer 1:66 barrels for it. They only offered the 1:66 twist barrels for the Hawkins and the Renegade. You could get a 12ga shotgun barrel for it and I believe it had an interchangeable choke tube. I remember my buddy who has one was taking about getting a Turkey Choke for it. Said he'd have to load it, then put the Turkey Choke in. DANNY

 

[bubba.50]

The New Englander was a 1:48 twist both 50 and 54 in a 24" barrel. Even the TC custom shop didn't offer 1:66 barrels for it. They only offered the 1:66 twist barrels for the Hawkins and the Renegade. You could get a 12ga shotgun barrel for it and I believe it had an interchangeable choke tube. I remember my buddy who has one was taking about getting a Turkey Choke for it. Said he'd have to load it, then put the Turkey Choke in. DANNY

Some had fixed choke in modified configuration. Others had screw-in chokes and it was right in the manual to remove choke to load.

 

[mcknight77]

There are two different barrel lengths in the NE. The catalog no. 21 shows the wood stocked rifle as 26" barrel and the Rynite stocked barrel as 24". However, the wood stocked rifle I have is actually 25.5" and the Rynite one is actually 24.5".

 

[Stumpkiller]

I have a T/C New Englander in .50 with the 1:48" twist and a 12 gauge barrel that was straight cylinder bore. Had it jug choked.

Great little carbine. I used mine during regular big-game season for many years in a shotgun-slug only region where m/l rifles were also allowed. Took quite a few whitetails with it.

Surprisingly the 12 gauge threw a paper patched round ball pretty darned well, even after the choking.

 

[swoter]

I have a 54 I bought off this forum. Love it.